Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 06/16/2025.
The path of mastery captures deep understanding and insight — it’s not a path that is laying a bet now, by investing in a craft, for payment or recognition at some later time. The spoils of victory might just happen, but the orientation of the intent is paramount.
Today we are becoming overwhelmed with the need for instant reward, immediate verification that we are significant — as a misguided attempt to satiate our thirst for meaning and belonging — rather, we are propelling ourselves toward an emptiness that can only be filled by temporary pleasures.
Our need to belong, to understand, to explore, to connect to others and the world around us, to know safety and to know risk, to express and create are foundational to the human experience.
Mastery is a journey — It’s a curious and wonderful trail — that has few, if any, guides. It’s much more than the pursuit of expert performance. It’s far deeper than high performance and the achievement of success.
If Mastery is a path, let’s learn from as many voices as we can. The best in the world, from worlds who happen to have cameras pointed at them — AND — from the worlds in which no camera is present — either by design — or because culturally we might have forgotten to be curious about their path and insights.
Simple Joys.
Dr. Michael Gervais is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Finding Mastery. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dr. Michael Gervais for your event is $50,000 - $100,000. Dr. Michael Gervais generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shawn Achor, Daymond John, Cassandra Worthy, Patrick Lencioni and Tim Grover. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dr. Michael Gervais for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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