NBA Psychologist: The Secret to Thriving Under Pressure
In order to become extraordinary, it’s not just being extraordinary in ordinary conditions. You have to be extraordinary in extraordinarily difficult conditions. So, what gets you there? And it’s these traits that define people that allow them to, in my opinion, thrive under these very difficult conditions.
>> Dr. Chappelle, welcome to the Greg Rochelle Leadership Podcast. >> Thank you. >> So, just so our community will know and they can get to know you. I want them to get to know you. I affectionately nicknamed you Dr. C. Is it sticking? Yes, it is. >> Good. So, this is Dr. C. Glad to have you on.
And um you are not only um the person I called to help me kind of as a someone would say an executive coach, a counselor, psychologist. Um and uh but you are a fascinating person. Hard to introduce. I want to tell our community a little bit about you and you can fill in the blanks. Correct me when I’m wrong. >> Okay, we’ll do.
Uh so you have helped top government military officials both personally, professionally and have been the strategic mind behind a lot of important stuff nationally. >> That’s exactly right. Yes. >> Uh you work with top Olympic athletes. >> Yes. >> Uh you are one of the geniuses and I say one of them because because the Oklahoma City Thunder has a a team full of brilliant minds, but you have helped put together what may be one of the greatest basketball teams in history.
It’s been an honor and a privilege to be a part of that. For sure. >> So, you you actually help select players based on mental resilience, work with the team and such. >> Yes. >> Uh work with elite athletes and uh and you work with top performers both in ministry and professionally in business as well. >> Yep. >> Amongst many other things.
So, uh we got to know each other I think 2019. Uh our mutual friend with the Thunder, Dr. Stra um recommended you to help me when I hit a point where I needed outside help. And um since then we’ve been doing a lot together. We actually uh wrote a book together. I’ll hold it up for those who are watching.
Uh called Heal Your Hurting Mind: Biblical Hope for Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, and the Emotions No One Talks About uh with Craig Rochelle. And this is your first book, right? >> It is Dr. Wayne. >> Uh I want to I want to go back to the um the the military training. Um, and you work with leaders as a leader before you even got to that.
When’s the first time you saw yourself as a leader? >> That’s a great question. I think I first started to see myself as a leader when I joined the military. It was about a year afterwards. And um the leader that was overseeing the the clinic that I was a part of and the organization uh ended up being removed and they thrust me into this position.
