Zach Sorensen

In this episode of the MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with MPM Certified Coach Zach Sorenson.  Zach is a former Major League Baseball player with the Cleveland Indians and The Los Angeles Angels. He also worked as the Texas Rangers’ minor league Mental Performance Coach in 2018. Zach’s experience both coaching professional athletes and competing as one gives him unique insight into what mental performance secrets the pros use to compete at the highest level.  In this episode, he’ll share what he’s learned and how you can use these same strategies with your athletes.   SORENSEN PODCAST NOTES 1:15 – “Don’t hit me the ball”—The surprising truth about how even major league players fall into the trap of negative thinking  1:40 – The life-changing advice Zach was given by Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro about how to find your passion 2:00 – The biggest “gap” Zach sees in sports—from high school through the pros—and why there is no amount of physical preparation that will replace this crucial aspect of performance 3:00 – Do you need a masters in sport psychology to coach mental performance? 4:00 – The difference between a master’s degree and the MPM Cert Course… and which one holds more value in the real world 4:40 – The key difference between a sport psychologist and a mental performance coach—and why knowing this is crucial for your career  6:50 – The ONE surprising piece of advice two of the world’s top baseball players would give to help athletes get from where they are to where they want to be 8:00 – The key to maximizing your time when you’re busy so that you can accomplish everything you want and need to do each day  9:00 – Why most people struggle with time management (and the shift you need to make to instantly be more productive) 9:10 – A simple formula you can use to guarantee greater productivity  10:30 – The coaching triad—and how most are completely overlooking one of these crucial aspects of coaching 11:15 – Why “Get 1% better every day” is motivational BS, and how you can take this from a “great idea” and put it into action  12:45 – Stop guessing: Here’s exactly how to KNOW if you are getting better this week 13:30 – How doing pushups can teach you a foundational principle that will allow you to improve any part of your life—predictably and consistently 14:05 – A simple and easy way to check if your clients and athletes are getting better with intention 14:30 – The #1 way to build confidence (works for every athlete, at every level) 15:30 – What you need to know to be a successful MPM coach 16:15 – How do you create the right culture in your program? It’s all laid out in the MPM certification 16:45 – The MPM cert is not a textbook… it specifically gives you the tools, strategies, and resources you need to get real results in the real world 17:40 – Zach’s advice for people who are on the fence about the importance of coaching mental performance 18:10 – TCU Baseball Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle says mental performance coaching and the MPM system is life changing You can connect with Zach via email zach@phenomsports.com and on Twitter @zsorensenphenom and on Instagram and Facebook @zsorensen.phenomsports. If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Zach, join other top coaches and trainers in my Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration.  You can also engage with me at my website at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak    The post BC164 – Mental Performance Secrets of Professional Athletes with MPM Certified Coach Zach Sorensen appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

In this episode of the MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with MPM Certified Coach Zach Sorenson. Zach is a former Major League Baseball player with the Cleveland Indians and The Los Angeles Angels. He also worked as the Texas Rangers’ minor league Mental Performance Coach in 2018. Zach’s experience both coaching professional athletes and competing as one gives him unique insight into what mental performance secrets the pros use to compete at the highest level. In this episode, he’ll share what he’s learned and how you can use these same strategies with your athletes.   SORENSEN PODCAST NOTES 1:15 – “Don’t hit me the ball”—The surprising truth about how even major league players fall into the trap of negative thinking 1:40 – The life-changing advice Zach was given by Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro about how to find your passion 2:00 – The biggest “gap” Zach sees in sports—from high school through the pros—and why there is no amount of physical preparation that will replace this crucial aspect of performance 3:00 – Do you need a masters in sport psychology to coach mental performance? 4:00 – The difference between a master’s degree and the MPM Cert Course… and which one holds more value in the real world 4:40 – The key difference between a sport psychologist and a mental performance coach—and why knowing this is crucial for your career 6:50 – The ONE surprising piece of advice two of the world’s top baseball players would give to help athletes get from where they are to where they want to be 8:00 – The key to maximizing your time when you’re busy so that you can accomplish everything you want and need to do each day 9:00 – Why most people struggle with time management (and the shift you need to make to instantly be more productive) 9:10 – A simple formula you can use to guarantee greater productivity 10:30 – The coaching triad—and how most are completely overlooking one of these crucial aspects of coaching 11:15 – Why “Get 1% better every day” is motivational BS, and how you can take this from a “great idea” and put it into action 12:45 – Stop guessing: Here’s exactly how to KNOW if you are getting better this week 13:30 – How doing pushups can teach you a foundational principle that will allow you to improve any part of your life—predictably and consistently 14:05 – A simple and easy way to check if your clients and athletes are getting better with intention 14:30 – The #1 way to build confidence (works for every athlete, at every level) 15:30 – What you need to know to be a successful MPM coach 16:15 – How do you create the right culture in your program? It’s all laid out in the MPM certification 16:45 – The MPM cert is not a textbook… it specifically gives you the tools, strategies, and resources you need to get real results in the real world 17:40 – Zach’s advice for people who are on the fence about the importance of coaching mental performance 18:10 – TCU Baseball Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle says mental performance coaching and the MPM system is life changing You can connect with Zach via email <a href="mailto:Zach@phoemonsports.com">zach@phenomsports.com</a> and on Twitter @zsorensenphenom and on Instagram and Facebook @zsorensen.phenomsports. If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Zach, join other top coaches and trainers in my <a href="https://briancain.com/Certification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration</a>. You can also engage with me at my website at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc164-zach-sorensen.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC164 – Mental Performance Secrets of Professional Athletes with MPM Certified Coach Zach Sorensen</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC164 – Mental Performance Secrets of Professional Athletes with MPM Certified Coach Zach Sorensen

Tyler Pazik

In this episode of the MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with MPM Certified Coach Tyler Pazik.  In a short time, Tyler has built a very impressive client list, including a Heisman Trophy winner, teams from Power 5 conferences including TCU, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, and Team USA Bowling (to name a few).  In this episode, we dive into the life-changing experience Tyler has had as an MPM Coach—personally and professionally. He also dishes on how his experience with the MPM Certification differed from his Master of Sport Psychology degree at TCU, and he gets real about advice for those weighing the options between joining the MPM Certification or starting a master’s program (his answer may surprise you).  If you’ve ever wondered how becoming a certified MPM Coach could impact your influence, success, and income, you don’t want to miss this episode and you sure don’t want to miss our episode with Ethan Miller, MPM who shares how he has already made 10x what he invested into his MPM Coaching Certification. TYLER PAZIK PODCAST NOTES 0:52 – Tyler’s evolution into sport psychology and mental performance mastery. 1:40 – The one key element of Tyler’s mental game that allowed him to succeed in D1 baseball. 2:10 – Why just focusing on the physical side of performance is a mistake… and how that realization led Tyler to the mental game.  2:40 – The 3 areas of sport psychology you need to know and the ONE to excel in as a coach. 4:05 – How the MPM Certification has helped Tyler get better results and grow his business. 5:05 – The difference between theory and application—and how the MPM Certification teaches the practical application you will actually use in the field. 5:50 – The crucial piece that’s missing from academic programs (and how the MPM Certification delivers in this area BIG time).  6:15 – Tyler’s advice for coaches and trainers thinking of a master’s degree vs. the MPM Certification. 9:45 – Coaching is playing follow the leader… the MPM Certification is that proven leader to follow. 10:25 – Tyler’s go-to mental performance strategies for helping teams consistently play at a higher level.  12:10 – The #1 mental performance strategy Tyler uses when competing in ultra-marathons. 14:35 – The importance of having a concrete mental performance strategy to go to under stress and high-pressure situations.  15:20 – A crucial aspect of coaching that you should NEVER overlook.  17:00 – Is mental performance a job… or a way of life?  18:20 – The best advice Tyler has ever received as an MPM coach. 19:50 – The benefits of attending Total Immersion Events and how it helps you keep stepping up the ladder. 21:00 – The lifecycle of becoming a mental performance coach. You can connect with Tyler by email Tyler@PazikPerformanceGroup.com, by calling 847-922-1371, or by engaging with him on Instagram at PazikPepTalk. If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Tyler, join other top coaches and trainers in my Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration.  You can also engage with me at my website at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak     The post BC163 – Generating Influence, Impact and Income with MPM Certified Coach Tyler Pazik appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

In this episode of the MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, I have the pleasure of talking with MPM Certified Coach Tyler Pazik. In a short time, Tyler has built a very impressive client list, including a Heisman Trophy winner, teams from Power 5 conferences including TCU, Notre Dame and Oklahoma, and Team USA Bowling (to name a few). In this episode, we dive into the life-changing experience Tyler has had as an MPM Coach—personally and professionally. He also dishes on how his experience with the MPM Certification differed from his Master of Sport Psychology degree at TCU, and he gets real about advice for those weighing the options between joining the MPM Certification or starting a master’s program (his answer may surprise you). If you’ve ever wondered how becoming a certified MPM Coach could impact your influence, success, and income, you don’t want to miss this episode and you sure don’t want to miss our episode with <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc161-ethan-miller.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ethan Miller, MPM who shares how he has already made 10x what he invested into his MPM Coaching Certification.</a> TYLER PAZIK PODCAST NOTES 0:52 – Tyler’s evolution into sport psychology and mental performance mastery. 1:40 – The one key element of Tyler’s mental game that allowed him to succeed in D1 baseball. 2:10 – Why just focusing on the physical side of performance is a mistake… and how that realization led Tyler to the mental game. 2:40 – The 3 areas of sport psychology you need to know and the ONE to excel in as a coach. 4:05 – How the MPM Certification has helped Tyler get better results and grow his business. 5:05 – The difference between theory and application—and how the MPM Certification teaches the practical application you will actually use in the field. 5:50 – The crucial piece that’s missing from academic programs (and how the MPM Certification delivers in this area BIG time). 6:15 – Tyler’s advice for coaches and trainers thinking of a master’s degree vs. the MPM Certification. 9:45 – Coaching is playing follow the leader… the MPM Certification is that proven leader to follow. 10:25 – Tyler’s go-to mental performance strategies for helping teams consistently play at a higher level. 12:10 – The #1 mental performance strategy Tyler uses when competing in ultra-marathons. 14:35 – The importance of having a concrete mental performance strategy to go to under stress and high-pressure situations. 15:20 – A crucial aspect of coaching that you should NEVER overlook. 17:00 – Is mental performance a job… or a way of life? 18:20 – The best advice Tyler has ever received as an MPM coach. 19:50 – The benefits of attending Total Immersion Events and how it helps you keep stepping up the ladder. 21:00 – The lifecycle of becoming a mental performance coach. You can connect with Tyler by email <a href="mailto:Tyler@PazikPerformanceGroup.com">Tyler@PazikPerformanceGroup.com</a>, by calling 847-922-1371, or by engaging with him on Instagram at PazikPepTalk. If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Tyler, join other top coaches and trainers in my <a href="https://briancain.com/Certification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration</a>. You can also engage with me at my website at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc163-tyler-pazik.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC163 – Generating Influence, Impact and Income with MPM Certified Coach Tyler Pazik</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC163 – Generating Influence, Impact and Income with MPM Certified Coach Tyler Pazik

Joe Louis

In BC158 you learned about the importance of Surviving The Assault and Working The Cut.In BC 162 we take a lesson from one of the greatest fighters of all time and Finish Them Off!Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship from 1937 to 1949.  His 12 years of dominance is the longest reign ever by a heavyweight champion.In his career, he won 66 fights – 49 by knockout, 10 coming in the first round.He had an efficient boxing style, he was a master of the fundamentals.The boxing analysts say he has the best ENERGY of any boxer, better than Tyson, better than Ali because he was always moving forward, he was Always on The Attack.When he got close to the finish he said that he used to be able to smell the KO coming.Champions can tell when finish is near.  They channel that into a laser like focus on winning punches and executing one punch at a time.Joe Louis is one of the greatest of all time and life all the great ones who ever live, there can be no greatness without adversity.June 19, 1936 Joe Louis lost by KO in the 12 RD to German fighter Max Schmeling.  The Loss is what propelled Lewis to his 12 years of DOMINANCE.Two years later on June 22, 1938 with a sold out crowd of 70,000 in Yankee Stadium Louis won by 1st Rd KO.In that 12 year span, he defended his title 25 times and won 22 by KO.WORK THE CUT &amp; FINISH THEM OFF!!!Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeakJoin the top coaches and trainers in the world in Cain’s Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification  The post BC162 – The Joe Louis Story – Finish Them Off appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

<a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc158-work-the-cut.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In BC158 you learned about the importance of Surviving The Assault and Working The Cut.</a>In BC 162 we take a lesson from one of the greatest fighters of all time and Finish Them Off!Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship from 1937 to 1949.  His 12 years of dominance is the longest reign ever by a heavyweight champion.In his career, he won 66 fights – 49 by knockout, 10 coming in the first round.He had an efficient boxing style, he was a master of the fundamentals.The boxing analysts say he has the best ENERGY of any boxer, better than Tyson, better than Ali because he was always moving forward, he was Always on The Attack.When he got close to the finish he said that he used to be able to smell the KO coming.Champions can tell when finish is near.  They channel that into a laser like focus on winning punches and executing one punch at a time.Joe Louis is one of the greatest of all time and life all the great ones who ever live, there can be no greatness without adversity.June 19, 1936 Joe Louis lost by KO in the 12 RD to German fighter Max Schmeling.  The Loss is what propelled Lewis to his 12 years of DOMINANCE.Two years later on June 22, 1938 with a sold out crowd of 70,000 in Yankee Stadium Louis won by 1st Rd KO.In that 12 year span, he defended his title 25 times and won 22 by KO.WORK THE CUT &amp; FINISH THEM OFF!!!Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak<a href="https://briancain.com/Certification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join the top coaches and trainers in the world in Cain’s Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification</a> <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc162-joe-lewis.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC162 – The Joe Louis Story – Finish Them Off</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC162 – The Joe Louis Story – Finish Them Off

Ethan Miller

Ethan Miller is one of the first coaches to complete our MPM Certification Course and one of the most active MPM Certified coaches at spreading his influence and impact while making an income from mental performance coaching. His full-time job is as the Athletic Director, Health and Physical Education Teacher and Varsity Baseball Coach at Central Springs High School in Manley, Iowa.  One of the most motivated and committed coaches I have ever worked with, Miller is also and the co-author of The Mental Game of Athletic Administration and the author of It Doesn’t Happen By Accident: The 6 Keys to ​Leading with Intention and It Doesn’t Happen By Accident: Living a Life of Purpose. In this MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, Ethan shares his journey into MPM Certification and how he has earned 20x what he invested into the MPM Certification in less than 90 days from enrolling in the course. ETHAN MILLER PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS 2:20 – You are already coaching mental performance you just don’t know it or do it intentionally 3:20 – The difference between motivational speaker BS and field tested strategy and system that gets results 3:50 – Motivation gets you started, commitment keeps you going 4:00 – Why people fail at sticking to their programs and goals 4:40 – The missing piece in moving from average to elite 5:20 – The problem with many sport psychology graduate programs 6:20 – Ethan’s story and journey into mental performance mastery 7:20 – The GAP that athletes and coaches must close to achieve optimal performance 8:30 – How ONE COMMENT changed his life and can change the life of your clients and athletes 9:10 – Mental Performance Mastery is a lifestyle, not a course 10:40 – The 4 Stages of Buy In and how Ethan went through these in his life and used the MPM Manual 11:08 – Closing the zone of proximal development 11:28 – Trained or untrained, mental performance mastery is not a condition, it’s state 12:20 – How to become unstoppable and more valuable as a coach or trainer 13:20 – Having something to go to so you can be at your best when it means the most 14:10 – Growing your business and making money as a mental performance coach 14:45 – Being mission driven and in service to others is the pathway to getting paid 15:15 – Building your business as a Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certified Coach 16:00 – Improving communication and coaching 16:50 – The high you can’t buy that you get from coaching and mental performance training 17:30 – Advice for people looking to get into mental performance coaching 17:50 – The 3 ways that people leave you determines how long they will stay with you. 18:40 – The MPM Certification is FINALLY a ONE CLEAR PLAN to help us in coaching 19:00 – Ethan’s experience in sport psychology academic classrooms…  19:35 – Not a one and done certification, a lifestyle vs. an event – on going coaching and mentorship 20:10 – Having an accessible expert as a mentor to help you along the way 20:30 – Constant development and growth – The Success Cycle 21:40 – Don’t get into this income, get into the outcome – influence and impact before income Connect with Ethan Miller: Online www.Ethan-Miller.com E-Mail = Ethan@Ethan-Milller.com Twitter = @EthanMiller_20 Instagram = @EMiller2020 If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Ethan, join other top coaches and trainers in my Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration.  Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak   The post BC161 – MPM Coach Spotlight: Ethan Miller appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Ethan Miller is one of the first coaches to complete our MPM Certification Course and one of the most active MPM Certified coaches at spreading his influence and impact while making an income from mental performance coaching. His full-time job is as the Athletic Director, Health and Physical Education Teacher and Varsity Baseball Coach at Central Springs High School in Manley, Iowa.  One of the most motivated and committed coaches I have ever worked with, Miller is also and the co-author of The Mental Game of Athletic Administration and the author of It Doesn’t Happen By Accident: The 6 Keys to ​Leading with Intention and It Doesn’t Happen By Accident: Living a Life of Purpose. In this MPM Coach Spotlight Podcast, Ethan shares his journey into MPM Certification and how he has earned 20x what he invested into the MPM Certification in less than 90 days from enrolling in the course. ETHAN MILLER PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS 2:20 – You are already coaching mental performance you just don’t know it or do it intentionally 3:20 – The difference between motivational speaker BS and field tested strategy and system that gets results 3:50 – Motivation gets you started, commitment keeps you going 4:00 – Why people fail at sticking to their programs and goals 4:40 – The missing piece in moving from average to elite 5:20 – The problem with many sport psychology graduate programs 6:20 – Ethan’s story and journey into mental performance mastery 7:20 – The GAP that athletes and coaches must close to achieve optimal performance 8:30 – How ONE COMMENT changed his life and can change the life of your clients and athletes 9:10 – Mental Performance Mastery is a lifestyle, not a course 10:40 – The 4 Stages of Buy In and how Ethan went through these in his life and used the MPM Manual 11:08 – Closing the zone of proximal development 11:28 – Trained or untrained, mental performance mastery is not a condition, it’s state 12:20 – How to become unstoppable and more valuable as a coach or trainer 13:20 – Having something to go to so you can be at your best when it means the most 14:10 – Growing your business and making money as a mental performance coach 14:45 – Being mission driven and in service to others is the pathway to getting paid 15:15 – Building your business as a Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certified Coach 16:00 – Improving communication and coaching 16:50 – The high you can’t buy that you get from coaching and mental performance training 17:30 – Advice for people looking to get into mental performance coaching 17:50 – The 3 ways that people leave you determines how long they will stay with you. 18:40 – The MPM Certification is FINALLY a ONE CLEAR PLAN to help us in coaching 19:00 – Ethan’s experience in sport psychology academic classrooms… 19:35 – Not a one and done certification, a lifestyle vs. an event – on going coaching and mentorship 20:10 – Having an accessible expert as a mentor to help you along the way 20:30 – Constant development and growth – The Success Cycle 21:40 – Don’t get into this income, get into the outcome – influence and impact before income Connect with Ethan Miller: Online <a href="http://www.ethan-miller.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Ethan-Miller.com</a> E-Mail = <a href="mailto:Ethan@Ethan-Milller.com">Ethan@Ethan-Milller.com</a> Twitter = @EthanMiller_20 Instagram = @EMiller2020 If you want to grow your impact, influence and income like Ethan, join other top coaches and trainers in my <a href="https://briancain.com/Certification" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Certification Course.  Click here to join our insiders list, be notified of when the next course will be available and save $200 off your course registration</a>. Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc161-ethan-miller.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC161 – MPM Coach Spotlight: Ethan Miller</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC161 – MPM Coach Spotlight: Ethan Miller

Are you going through life playing golf on a course with no holes?  Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares an analogy you can use about having goals, sharpening your focus and playing to win the day.  Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak      The post BC160 – The Law of The Golf Course appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Are you going through life playing golf on a course with no holes?  Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares an analogy you can use about having goals, sharpening your focus and playing to win the day. Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc160-the-law-of-the-golf-course.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC160 – The Law of The Golf Course</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC160 – The Law of The Golf Course

Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares how we might just be sitting on an acre of diamonds.  Start looking inside for answers vs looking outside.  Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak      The post BC159 – Acres of Diamonds appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares how we might just be sitting on an acre of diamonds.  Start looking inside for answers vs looking outside. Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc159-acres-of-diamonds.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC159 – Acres of Diamonds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC159 – Acres of Diamonds

Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares one of his favorite mindsets about keeping the process bigger than the outcome.  If you want to get the knockout and win, you must simply work the cut.  Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak      The post BC158 – Work The Cut appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Mental Performance Coach Brian Cain shares one of his favorite mindsets about keeping the process bigger than the outcome.  If you want to get the knockout and win, you must simply work the cut. Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc158-work-the-cut.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC158 – Work The Cut</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC158 – Work The Cut

In this episode, Cain shares what it means to set “Your 1% Intention” so that you can get a head start on 2019 and give yourself the best chance for success: YOU WILL LEARN: The MVP Process One Word Focus Well Better How Growth Plan Investing 1% of Your Day No Days Off November Decision Made December  Engage with Cain at BrianCain.com and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak      The post BC157 – Your 1% Intention appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

In this episode, Cain shares what it means to set “Your 1% Intention” so that you can get a head start on 2019 and give yourself the best chance for success: YOU WILL LEARN: The MVP Process One Word Focus Well Better How Growth Plan Investing 1% of Your Day No Days Off November Decision Made December Engage with Cain at <a href="http://BrianCain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BrianCain.com</a> and on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram @BrianCainPeak <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc157-brian-cain-your-1-intention.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC157 – Your 1% Intention</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC157 – Your 1% Intention

Eric Byrnes

On this episode, Brian converses with Eric Byrnes – a retired Major League Baseball player, current analyst on MLB Network, and one of the most genuine human beings on this planet.    You will learn…  The importance of recovery Why modeling the behaviors you want to see in your athletes/children is vital to their development How the ultra mindset is different from the MLB mindset  Follow Eric on Instagram @ebyrnes22 Watch Diamond To The Rough     PODCAST TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Cain and Eric talk ultra training 02:56 – Diamond To The Rough 04:12 – The history behind The Western States 100 05:43 – What does walking and exercising do for the brain? 09:01 – How does Eric use the hot tub and sauna for recovery? 10:29 – How is the ultra mindset different from the baseball mindset? 13:37 – If Eric could go back and redo his MLB career, what would he do differently? 15:25 – The importance of THE MOMENT 16:10 – “The Zone” and “Raising Your Basement” 18:53 – Eric’s take on the meaning of life 20:14 – The importance of movement and modeling healthy behaviors/choices for your athletes. 26:00 – Closing Comments – Watch Diamond To The Rough The post BC155. Eric Byrnes – The Mindset for Ultramarathoning and Life appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

On this episode, Brian converses with Eric Byrnes – a retired Major League Baseball player, current analyst on MLB Network, and one of the most genuine human beings on this planet. You will learn… <ul> <li>The importance of recovery</li> <li>Why modeling the behaviors you want to see in your athletes/children is vital to their development</li> <li>How the ultra mindset is different from the MLB mindset</li> </ul> Follow Eric on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ebyrnes22/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ebyrnes22</a> Watch <a href="https://www.sierrastudiofilms.com/diamondtotherough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diamond To The Rough</a> <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h3> PODCAST TIMESTAMPS</h3> 00:00 – Cain and Eric talk ultra training 02:56 – <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/diamondtotherough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diamond To The Rough</a> 04:12 – The history behind <a href="https://www.wser.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Western States 100</a> 05:43 – What does walking and exercising do for the brain? 09:01 – How does Eric use the hot tub and sauna for recovery? 10:29 – How is the ultra mindset different from the baseball mindset? 13:37 – If Eric could go back and redo his MLB career, what would he do differently? 15:25 – The importance of THE MOMENT 16:10 – “The Zone” and “Raising Your Basement” 18:53 – Eric’s take on the meaning of life 20:14 – The importance of movement and modeling healthy behaviors/choices for your athletes. 26:00 – Closing Comments – Watch <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/diamondtotherough" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diamond To The Rough</a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc155-eric-byrnes-the-mindset-for-ultramarathoning-and-life.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC155. Eric Byrnes – The Mindset for Ultramarathoning and Life</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC155. Eric Byrnes – The Mindset for Ultramarathoning and Life

Mike Rooney

BC153. Mike Rooney – Coaching & Commentating – Lessons From Baseball For Life

America's Most Trusted Authority on Peak Performance, Mental Conditioning, and Sport Psychology

Regular listener.  Consistently excellent, very useful content, Chris

@C_Trieste

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Brian Cain Peak Performance

Steve Springer

Steve Springer is the master of quality at bats. From a non-starter his senior year of high school baseball to playing in the Major Leagues and now coaching numerous all-star hitters on the mental side of the game “Spring” is a gem and the baseball version of Rudy. In this podcast he breaks down the mental side of hitting and offers fabulous suggestions on mindset for players, coaches and parents. Learn more about Spring and his amazing story qualityatbats.com You can connect with Steve Springer below:  Twitter: @qualityatbats  Website: QualityAtBats.com Follow Brian Cain on Twitter. Subscribe to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast in iTunes.  The post BC30: Steve Springer – Quality At-Bats appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Steve Springer is the master of quality at bats. From a non-starter his senior year of high school baseball to playing in the Major Leagues and now coaching numerous all-star hitters on the mental side of the game “Spring” is a gem and the baseball version of Rudy. In this podcast he breaks down the mental side of hitting and offers fabulous suggestions on mindset for players, coaches and parents. Learn more about Spring and his amazing story <a href="http://qualityatbats.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">qualityatbats.com</a> You can connect with Steve Springer below: Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/qualityatbats" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@qualityatbats</a> Website: <a href="http://www.qualityatbats.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QualityAtBats.com</a> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain</a> on Twitter. Subscribe to the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast</a> in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc30-steve-springer-quality-at-bats.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC30: Steve Springer – Quality At-Bats</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC30: Steve Springer – Quality At-Bats

Trevor Moawad

This weeks guest is Trevor Moawad, one of the top Mental Conditioning Coaches in the country. Moawad has held multiple roles as both Director of Mental Conditioning and Director of the multi-disciplined IMG Performance Institute (at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida) and most recently Moawad was the Vice President of Pro/Elite Sports and Mindset at the prestigious Athletes Performance Institute (now EXOS in Phoenix, AZ). Moawad has consulted with a variety of elite organizations in both sports and in business serving 8 consecutive seasons with the Alabama Crimson Tide football program and 6 consecutive seasons with Florida State University football as a member of the mental conditioning and performance staffs for each team respectively. Moawad also worked from 2001-2009 with the Jacksonville Jaguars as the teams’ mental conditioning consultant and shared this title in the 2006-7 season with the Miami Dolphins. In this podcast, Moawad discuses what makes elite coaches like Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban successful as well as provides an inside look into the mindset of top athletes like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. You can connect with Moawad through his website www.MoawadConsultingGroup.com or on twitter @Moawad_Group Follow Brian Cain on Twitter. Subscribe to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast in iTunes.  The post BC35: Trevor Moawad – Building an Elite Mindset appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This weeks guest is Trevor Moawad, one of the top Mental Conditioning Coaches in the country. Moawad has held multiple roles as both Director of Mental Conditioning and Director of the multi-disciplined IMG Performance Institute (at the IMG Academies in Bradenton, Florida) and most recently Moawad was the Vice President of Pro/Elite Sports and Mindset at the prestigious Athletes Performance Institute (now EXOS in Phoenix, AZ). Moawad has consulted with a variety of elite organizations in both sports and in business serving 8 consecutive seasons with the Alabama Crimson Tide football program and 6 consecutive seasons with Florida State University football as a member of the mental conditioning and performance staffs for each team respectively. Moawad also worked from 2001-2009 with the Jacksonville Jaguars as the teams’ mental conditioning consultant and shared this title in the 2006-7 season with the Miami Dolphins. In this podcast, Moawad discuses what makes elite coaches like Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban successful as well as provides an inside look into the mindset of top athletes like Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. You can connect with Moawad through his website <a href="http://www.MoawadConsultingGroup.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.MoawadConsultingGroup.com</a> or on twitter @Moawad_Group Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain</a> on Twitter. Subscribe to the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast</a> in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc35-trevor-moawad-building-an-elite-mindset.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC35: Trevor Moawad – Building an Elite Mindset</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC35: Trevor Moawad – Building an Elite Mindset

Ken Ravizza

BC128:  Ken Ravizza | Why Is the Mental Game Important?

This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST gives you the Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t.  Cain has worked with 4 Ultimate Fighting Championship World Champions and has worked with NCAA National and Olympic World Champions.  In this audio he gives you an insight into what they know that you don’t.   Here’s to you peak performance and becoming a champion.   Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES   Click here to leave a comment on my Facebook Page       The post Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This Brian Cain Peak Performance PODCAST gives you the Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t.  Cain has worked with 4 Ultimate Fighting Championship World Champions and has worked with NCAA National and Olympic World Champions.  In this audio he gives you an insight into what they know that you don’t. Here’s to you peak performance and becoming a champion. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id516980991" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Cain-Peak-Performance/143436349038584" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to leave a comment on my Facebook Page</a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/podcast-the-top-10-things-world-champions-know-that-you-dont.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

Top 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t

Jon Gordon

BC95:  Jon Gordon – The Energy Bus, Hard Hat and Becoming a #1 Best-Selling Author

The Grind is a video that plays before each home game during the 2012 TCU Baseball Home Season. You will see that this video contains many key principles of mental conditioning and peak performance. Please tweet @briancainpeak what you think the best part of this video is. This video was created by Red Productions under the direction of Chris Rodriguez. Please visit their website at www.redproductions.com. Here’s to you peak performance TODAY! Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES Click here to leave a comment on my Facebook Page http://www.briancain.com/briancaininnercircle/podcast/tcuthegrind.mp4/     The post The Grind – 2012 TCU Baseball Video appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

The Grind is a video that plays before each home game during the 2012 TCU Baseball Home Season. You will see that this video contains many key principles of mental conditioning and peak performance. Please tweet @briancainpeak what you think the best part of this video is. This video was created by Red Productions under the direction of Chris Rodriguez. Please visit their website at <a href="http://www.redproductions.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.redproductions.com</a>. Here’s to you peak performance TODAY! <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id516980991" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to access the Brian Cain Podcast in ITUNES</a> <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brian-Cain-Peak-Performance/143436349038584" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to leave a comment on my Facebook Page</a> <a href="http://www.briancain.com/briancaininnercircle/podcast/tcuthegrind.mp4/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.briancain.com/briancaininnercircle/podcast/tcuthegrind.mp4/</a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/the-grind-2012-tcu-baseball-video.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Grind – 2012 TCU Baseball Video</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

The Grind – 2012 TCU Baseball Video

This week we reach into the Vault, going all the way back to December 2014 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches educational clinic at The European Baseball Coaches Association Clinic.  Enjoy Cain live as he takes more than 100 coaches from all over the world through the fundamentals of competing one pitch at a time.   The post BC83: Prague Clinic – The Mental Game of Baseball appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This week we reach into the Vault, going all the way back to December 2014 where Brian Cain delivers a live coaches educational clinic at The European Baseball Coaches Association Clinic.  Enjoy Cain live as he takes more than 100 coaches from all over the world through the fundamentals of competing one pitch at a time. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id541110453?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc83-prague-clinic-the-mental-game-of-baseball.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC83: Prague Clinic – The Mental Game of Baseball</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC83: Prague Clinic – The Mental Game of Baseball

Firas Zahabi

Firas Zahabi is one of the most respected MMA trainers in the world.  He is the head coach of TriStar Gym in Montreal, Canada – home of 2010, 2011 and 2012 Canadian Athlete of the Year and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre.  Zahabi is a master of the mental game and is excellent at training an elite mindset for his fighters in and out of the cage.  Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.  The post BC63: Firas Zahabi – Mental Game of MMA appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Firas Zahabi is one of the most respected MMA trainers in the world.  He is the head coach of TriStar Gym in Montreal, Canada – home of 2010, 2011 and 2012 Canadian Athlete of the Year and UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre.  Zahabi is a master of the mental game and is excellent at training an elite mindset for his fighters in and out of the cage. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cain</a> on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/briancainpeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BrianCainPeak</a>. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc63-firas-zahabi-mental-game-of-mma.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC63: Firas Zahabi – Mental Game of MMA</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC63: Firas Zahabi – Mental Game of MMA

This BONUS Podcast Episode features a preview of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance audiobook…   Get your copy of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance today for just $20! The post BONUS! The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This BONUS Podcast Episode features a preview of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance audiobook… <a href="http://www.BrianCain.com/12Pillars/Pre-Order" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="https://briancain.com/products/the-12-pillars-of-peak-performance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get your copy of The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance today for just $20!</a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bonus-the-12-pillars-of-peak-performance.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BONUS! The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BONUS! The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance

Kirk Saarloos

This week’s guest is Kirk Saarloos.  Kirk is the pitching coach at TCU and is widely regarded as the top pitching coach in all of college baseball.  A former All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, Kirk went on to have a 5-year Major League Baseball career in which he threw a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium.  In this podcast Kirk discusses the importance of the mental game, his relationship with Ken Ravizza, and how he used the mental game as a pitcher and now as a pitching coach. You can follow Kirk on twitter @Kirk_Saarloos or e-mail him at K.Saarloos@tcu.edu.  Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.   The post BC75: Kirk Saarloos – The Mental Game, Fullerton, MLB, TCU appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This week’s guest is Kirk Saarloos.  Kirk is the pitching coach at TCU and is widely regarded as the top pitching coach in all of college baseball.  A former All-American pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, Kirk went on to have a 5-year Major League Baseball career in which he threw a no-hitter in Yankee Stadium.  In this podcast Kirk discusses the importance of the mental game, his relationship with Ken Ravizza, and how he used the mental game as a pitcher and now as a pitching coach. You can follow Kirk on twitter @Kirk_Saarloos or e-mail him at K.Saarloos@tcu.edu. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cain</a> on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/briancainpeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BrianCainPeak</a>. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id541110453?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc75-kirk-saarloos.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC75: Kirk Saarloos – The Mental Game, Fullerton, MLB, TCU</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC75: Kirk Saarloos – The Mental Game, Fullerton, MLB, TCU

Augie Garrido

BC97:  Augie Garrido – 5x NCAA National Champion – All-Time NCAA Wins Leader – Life Is Yours to Win

Ed Padalecki

Circle

This week, you get to hear from Inner Circle member Ed Padalecki.  Coach Padalecki is a high school baseball and football coach in Flower Mound, Texas. On this episode, you’ll learn about:  The #1 biggest improvement Coach Padalecki has experienced in the last year The power of a community of like-minded individuals What it takes to coach 2 sports and lead a family (with a newborn!) The 2016 Inner Circle Moment of the Year and much more…     PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION Morse: Throwing you a change up this week. It’s Matt Morse here hosting this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast. I’m joined by Inner Circle member and high school football/baseball coach, Ed Padalecki. Great to have you here today, Ed. Padalecki: Thank you, Matt. It’s a pleasure to be here and an honor. Morse: Awesome. If you would tell us a little bit about how you got to where you are today as a successful high school baseball/football coach here in the state of Texas. Padalecki: Well I guess it started shy of my 30th birthday. I was at a point in life where I was living in San Antonio. I had a financial firm, wealth management firm, and was doing the Wall Street thing for most of my 20s. I got to a point to where I was evaluating my life and I liked what I did but I didn’t love what I did. I was always passionate about sports and I looked back on my life and who had the biggest impact on me growing up and that was my teachers and coaches so I was able to transition out of my practice and became a coach and a teacher. I started off in southeast Texas, south of Victoria at a small little rural school. I did everything – football, baseball, track. I taught five different classes. Then from there I move up to the metroplex and I was in the Eagle Mountain Saginaw district and spent a couple years there. Then for family reasons I moved back down to central Texas to Hutto, Texas, home of the Hippos, and coached football/baseball. I taught junior US History. Then I came back up to the metroplex for my wife (or now wife) of going on 2 years. She can check me on that fact. Sometimes I miss that. I’m a guy. So I moved up here to metroplex, became the head baseball coach and defensive coordinator at a small school just west of Fort Worth – Millsap High School – and spent a year there. It got to the point to where I was driving an hour to work. I needed to reevaluate things. My name was brought up for Terrell High School which is on the opposite side of the metroplex and I figured well if I’m going to drive an hour to work I might want to do that on my own choice. So I moved to Terrell and was the head baseball coach there for this past year. But again an hour commute. My wife and I had a baby girl over the summer so I needed to reevaluate things, look at what I wanted to do versus what I needed to do, and stepping down as a head baseball coach and becoming an assistant for a few years to come is what I needed to do. Coach Danny Wallace over at Flower Mound High School graciously gave me the job at Flower Mound so I am there coaching football and coaching baseball. I am coaching football with Coach Brian Basil who is there for his first year as well. Big mental game guys, guys that love to build a championship culture. Morse: Awesome. Congratulations on the baby. I’m sure that has added a nice dynamic to the family. Padalecki: It has. It’s been a roller coaster – as those of you that have babies know. It’s been fun. Morse: Awesome. So your journey as a coach from Wall Street to coaching – obviously you started in the state of Texas and have stayed in this state. Where along in that journey did you meet up with Brian Cain? Padalecki: I had been on the acceptance continuum regarding the mental game and the mental aspect. I took sports psychology classes in college. It always seemed to interest me. But it wasn’t until I got to Millsap High School and it was really based on a conversation that I had with a friend of mine in passing at a grocery store. He was complaining about how his baseball team had always committed mental errors and I said “mental errors in my mind at some point in time okay let’s fix those, they can only be an excuse for so long.” So when you tell a kid “hey take mental reps, work on your mental imagery” that is one thing. But you’ve got to teach the kid how to. That is why I reached out to Brian. I needed to learn the how to. Morse: So you reached out to Brian to work. Did he come work with your team or was that a one-on-one thing? Padalecki: It was a mixture. I first sat down with Brian at his house and did a little half day one-on-one then took the information and started implementing it with my team at Millsap. Then I took the team out to a TCU Texas game and Brian sat with us for about six innings and talked us through the mental game with what the TCU players were using, the routines. He pointed out the game within the game and turned the light bulb on for a lot of my players. They were able to see the game in a different light and slow the game down and really work on things that will help them become better baseball players. Morse: Awesome. What are the biggest challenges you face coaching multiple sports in high school? Padalecki: The biggest challenge is having your daily routine down as a coach. Time is in demand on a daily basis and you’re pulled in multiple different ways not only coaching your two sports but also the teaching aspect. You need to have your 168 set pretty tight in terms of what you need to do on a daily basis and where you need to be. That’s the biggest challenge I believe. Morse: When did you start your 168 plan? Padalecki: I started my 168 last year. I was pretty rigorous and on point with it. Then on July 18th when a little baby girl comes into your life that changes little things about your routine because sometimes you can’t dictate what the baby wants to do. But for the most part you go with the flow. You have to widen your chunks throughout the day or especially overnight. Then just have a general concept of what you want to do. But I brought that concept into the classroom. I teach high school economics and if time is our most important asset I relay to the students I teach that they need to dominate their 168 throughout the week. Morse: Sure. I saw several of the 168 plans posted in the Facebook group for the Inner Circle. Obviously you have contributed to that. So far what are the biggest benefits that you’ve seen since you’ve joined Brian’s Inner Circle? Padalecki: The Inner Circle, it’s the networking aspect. When you have a question you’re not limited to the circle of influence that you have locally. You are broadening your network to the United States if not internationally because we have coaches involved that are international coaches based in the UK, Europe, Australia (I believe) that coach baseball. Being in that Inner Circle group you can post a question, maybe it’s philosophical or basic game strategy practice organizations, and you get immediate responses. It’s great having that network to rely on. Morse: What do you think of the monthly audios and newsletter in there? Is there a time that you block out in your 168 that you listen to that or that you read that each month? Padalecki: I took a page from Brian and on my commutes – right now I have a 30 minutes commute, in the past it was over an hour. So I created an automobile university. Instead of sitting there complaining about being stuck in traffic I took advantage of it and I pop in the Inner Circle audios that Brian releases at the first of every month as well as podcasts and audiobooks. Morse: I’ve got to bring this one up too. I saw Brian recently nominated you as the Inner Circle Moment of the Year. Can you elaborate on how that came to be? Padalecki: That took me by surprise that I was nominated for that. It was one of those things that came about Coach Jeff Johnson as Mesquite Poteet. We were about to play them when I was at Terrell and he approached me that he had a senior manager that had been with him for all four years of his high school career. This particular senior is wheelchair bound and he wanted to do something special for it. It was actually a no brainer for me. I didn’t even have to hesitate in doing what he wanted to do. I wanted to intentionally walk one of his players and put the young man on first base and during the young man’s lead off we needed to try to pick him off. We intentionally threw it away and created a little circus around it and threw the ball around and allowed the young man to score. What was interesting is those that were in attendance to that game they released the senior moments of each player before the game and the highlight of this young man’s career up until that point was just being able to run the bases at practice so to speak. So in my mind I was like “wow we’re about to blow this kid’s mind by allowing him to come into the game and allow him to score.” The best part of it is that those of you that did see the video – I guess it went viral. I guess that’s what you call it if you have over a million hits, it goes viral, and hen news stations are calling you asking your opinion about it. My players cheered when that young man scored and that was something that I wanted to impart to them because one of our core values was being selfless. I think that exhibited being selfless to them in real life. Morse: That is awesome. For the listeners that have not seen that yet where can they find it? I know several media stations picked that up. Do you know where they can see that online? Padalecki: It might still be on YouTube. I think if they just type in “Mesquite Poteet manager scores” it should come up if I’m not mistaken. I think it’s on MLB.com in one of the highlights of the year. ESPN might have heard about it. I know it was on CBS News etc. I imagine if they can Google it they can see it. Morse: Awesome. That is a tremendous moment. For the listeners that are considering joining the Inner Circle what is one piece of advice that you would have for them? Padalecki: The piece of advice is be engaged. It’s not about what you can get from the Inner Circle but what you bring to the table. Even if you don’t think you can bring anything to the table you can. Just little tidbits of what you’re doing in your program within any sport helps show coaches that they can make little adjustments as well. At the end of the day we don’t know what we don’t know. Morse: Awesome. What is one strategy you use in your life – maybe it’s from the Inner Circle or maybe from outside – that helps you to continue to sharpen your axe as a coach, as a father, as a husband, to keep getting better? Padalecki: I think it’s that it comes down to if you want more you need to become more. If you want your program to grow you as a coach need to commit to growing holistically in all areas of your life. Morse: What brings you the most joy or satisfaction in the life style or mission that you are on as a coach? Padalecki: Seeing the players I coach changing and growing into young men both on and off the field. It’s an intrinsic reward when they come back to you years later and they want to have lunch with you or come to your town to have dinner with you. I think that speaks volumes as to the seed that you plant on a daily basis that you don’t see come to fruition until years later when you’re reminded of “oh yeah that little chucklehead that I coached, he actually was paying attention” and to see the young men that they do become. Morse: Awesome. Speaking of planting seeds, if you could open the mind of the listeners of this podcast and plant a seed in their mind from your experience and from all of the wins that you’ve had, the losses that you’ve had, the teams that you’ve coached, what would that one piece of advice be for the listeners? Padalecki: Stay the course. Remain patient in what you do and the goals that you want to achieve. Don’t try to speed things up because with due time they will come about. You just need to press towards the goals that you have for yourself in life. Morse: Awesome. Before we conclude here I want to put you on the hot seat for a couple minutes where I am going to give you a phrase and want you to just come back with the first thing that comes to your mind. Padalecki: Alright. Let’s give it a shot. Morse: The best book you’ve read. Padalecki: The Radical Leap. Morse: The best advice you’ve ever received. Padalecki: If you want more you need to become more. Morse: Your mentor. Padalecki: Brian Cain. Morse: Your favorite hobby. Padalecki: Baseball. My family if my wife is listening. Morse: Your favorite app. Padalecki: My favorite app. I’m not really a big social media guy although it is a necessity (I guess) in life. My YouVersion Bible. Morse: If you’re not a big social media guy the next one is what is your favorite social media network. Padalecki: Well I guess in terms of posting I don’t post a lot but I do the big three – Facebook and Instagram and Twitter. Morse: And lastly your favorite podcast. Padalecki: Favorite podcast. There are several. They are all a tie. The one I’m on right now – which I appreciate and feel honored to be on. I love The Mind Side. And then also my wife’s. My wife started a podcast where she reaches out to coach’s wives to help support them and encourage them. That is called Married To The Game podcast. You can find that (it’s a shameless plug) on any of the iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite Android podcast search engine. Morse: Awesome. Coach, for the listeners that want to pick your brain a little more, follow you on social media networks, where can they find you? Padalecki: Twitter is the easiest one. I believe my Twitter handle is @CoachP35. I think I’m under Ed Padalecki. You need to look at how it’s spelled in this podcast – Padalecki – on Facebook. Morse: Awesome. Any last thoughts that you’d like to add for the audience and the listeners that are coaching different sports around the country? Padalecki: Inner Circle is a great resource. Anything Brian Cain does is a great resource. The live events that happen around the country are great resources as well as whoever Brian networks with. Your network is a great resource. Continue to stay the course. Continue to grow as a coach and in all areas of your life. Morse: Speaking of live event you were obviously there in attendance. What did you think of the live event? Maybe what is one thing that you have done differently since attending? Padalecki: The live event was great in terms of you were able to be face to face with other Cainiacs (so to speak) and believers in the mental game. That is few and far between but it is a necessity. As your athletes grow their talent level increases and then every level they’re at everybody else’s talent is the same. What separates your athlete from going to the next level would be the mental game. And being able to just talk with the other coaches that are big believers in the mental game. Also the manual that came out. I have used that with my players. Not only my players but in the classroom as well. Morse: Awesome. Thanks for your time today, Coach. Appreciate you joining us. Padalecki: You bet, Matt. Thank you. The post BC110: Ed Padalecki | Inner Circle Benefits appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

This week, you get to hear from Inner Circle member Ed Padalecki.  Coach Padalecki is a high school baseball and football coach in Flower Mound, Texas. On this episode, you’ll learn about: <ul> <li>The #1 biggest improvement Coach Padalecki has experienced in the last year</li> <li>The power of a community of like-minded individuals</li> <li>What it takes to coach 2 sports and lead a family (with a newborn!)</li> <li>The 2016 Inner Circle Moment of the Year</li> <li>and much more…</li> </ul> <a href="https://briancain.com/innercircle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id541110453?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h3>PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION</h3> Morse: Throwing you a change up this week. It’s Matt Morse here hosting this episode of the Peak Performance Podcast. I’m joined by Inner Circle member and high school football/baseball coach, Ed Padalecki. Great to have you here today, Ed. Padalecki: Thank you, Matt. It’s a pleasure to be here and an honor. Morse: Awesome. If you would tell us a little bit about how you got to where you are today as a successful high school baseball/football coach here in the state of Texas. Padalecki: Well I guess it started shy of my 30th birthday. I was at a point in life where I was living in San Antonio. I had a financial firm, wealth management firm, and was doing the Wall Street thing for most of my 20s. I got to a point to where I was evaluating my life and I liked what I did but I didn’t love what I did. I was always passionate about sports and I looked back on my life and who had the biggest impact on me growing up and that was my teachers and coaches so I was able to transition out of my practice and became a coach and a teacher. I started off in southeast Texas, south of Victoria at a small little rural school. I did everything – football, baseball, track. I taught five different classes. Then from there I move up to the metroplex and I was in the Eagle Mountain Saginaw district and spent a couple years there. Then for family reasons I moved back down to central Texas to Hutto, Texas, home of the Hippos, and coached football/baseball. I taught junior US History. Then I came back up to the metroplex for my wife (or now wife) of going on 2 years. She can check me on that fact. Sometimes I miss that. I’m a guy. So I moved up here to metroplex, became the head baseball coach and defensive coordinator at a small school just west of Fort Worth – Millsap High School – and spent a year there. It got to the point to where I was driving an hour to work. I needed to reevaluate things. My name was brought up for Terrell High School which is on the opposite side of the metroplex and I figured well if I’m going to drive an hour to work I might want to do that on my own choice. So I moved to Terrell and was the head baseball coach there for this past year. But again an hour commute. My wife and I had a baby girl over the summer so I needed to reevaluate things, look at what I wanted to do versus what I needed to do, and stepping down as a head baseball coach and becoming an assistant for a few years to come is what I needed to do. Coach Danny Wallace over at Flower Mound High School graciously gave me the job at Flower Mound so I am there coaching football and coaching baseball. I am coaching football with Coach Brian Basil who is there for his first year as well. Big mental game guys, guys that love to build a championship culture. Morse: Awesome. Congratulations on the baby. I’m sure that has added a nice dynamic to the family. Padalecki: It has. It’s been a roller coaster – as those of you that have babies know. It’s been fun. Morse: Awesome. So your journey as a coach from Wall Street to coaching – obviously you started in the state of Texas and have stayed in this state. Where along in that journey did you meet up with Brian Cain? Padalecki: I had been on the acceptance continuum regarding the mental game and the mental aspect. I took sports psychology classes in college. It always seemed to interest me. But it wasn’t until I got to Millsap High School and it was really based on a conversation that I had with a friend of mine in passing at a grocery store. He was complaining about how his baseball team had always committed mental errors and I said “mental errors in my mind at some point in time okay let’s fix those, they can only be an excuse for so long.” So when you tell a kid “hey take mental reps, work on your mental imagery” that is one thing. But you’ve got to teach the kid how to. That is why I reached out to Brian. I needed to learn the how to. Morse: So you reached out to Brian to work. Did he come work with your team or was that a one-on-one thing? Padalecki: It was a mixture. I first sat down with Brian at his house and did a little half day one-on-one then took the information and started implementing it with my team at Millsap. Then I took the team out to a TCU Texas game and Brian sat with us for about six innings and talked us through the mental game with what the TCU players were using, the routines. He pointed out the game within the game and turned the light bulb on for a lot of my players. They were able to see the game in a different light and slow the game down and really work on things that will help them become better baseball players. Morse: Awesome. What are the biggest challenges you face coaching multiple sports in high school? Padalecki: The biggest challenge is having your daily routine down as a coach. Time is in demand on a daily basis and you’re pulled in multiple different ways not only coaching your two sports but also the teaching aspect. You need to have your 168 set pretty tight in terms of what you need to do on a daily basis and where you need to be. That’s the biggest challenge I believe. Morse: When did you start your 168 plan? Padalecki: I started my 168 last year. I was pretty rigorous and on point with it. Then on July 18th when a little baby girl comes into your life that changes little things about your routine because sometimes you can’t dictate what the baby wants to do. But for the most part you go with the flow. You have to widen your chunks throughout the day or especially overnight. Then just have a general concept of what you want to do. But I brought that concept into the classroom. I teach high school economics and if time is our most important asset I relay to the students I teach that they need to dominate their 168 throughout the week. Morse: Sure. I saw several of the 168 plans posted in the Facebook group for the Inner Circle. Obviously you have contributed to that. So far what are the biggest benefits that you’ve seen since you’ve joined Brian’s Inner Circle? Padalecki: The Inner Circle, it’s the networking aspect. When you have a question you’re not limited to the circle of influence that you have locally. You are broadening your network to the United States if not internationally because we have coaches involved that are international coaches based in the UK, Europe, Australia (I believe) that coach baseball. Being in that Inner Circle group you can post a question, maybe it’s philosophical or basic game strategy practice organizations, and you get immediate responses. It’s great having that network to rely on. Morse: What do you think of the monthly audios and newsletter in there? Is there a time that you block out in your 168 that you listen to that or that you read that each month? Padalecki: I took a page from Brian and on my commutes – right now I have a 30 minutes commute, in the past it was over an hour. So I created an automobile university. Instead of sitting there complaining about being stuck in traffic I took advantage of it and I pop in the Inner Circle audios that Brian releases at the first of every month as well as podcasts and audiobooks. Morse: I’ve got to bring this one up too. I saw Brian recently nominated you as the Inner Circle Moment of the Year. Can you elaborate on how that came to be? Padalecki: That took me by surprise that I was nominated for that. It was one of those things that came about Coach Jeff Johnson as Mesquite Poteet. We were about to play them when I was at Terrell and he approached me that he had a senior manager that had been with him for all four years of his high school career. This particular senior is wheelchair bound and he wanted to do something special for it. It was actually a no brainer for me. I didn’t even have to hesitate in doing what he wanted to do. I wanted to intentionally walk one of his players and put the young man on first base and during the young man’s lead off we needed to try to pick him off. We intentionally threw it away and created a little circus around it and threw the ball around and allowed the young man to score. What was interesting is those that were in attendance to that game they released the senior moments of each player before the game and the highlight of this young man’s career up until that point was just being able to run the bases at practice so to speak. So in my mind I was like “wow we’re about to blow this kid’s mind by allowing him to come into the game and allow him to score.” The best part of it is that those of you that did see the video – I guess it went viral. I guess that’s what you call it if you have over a million hits, it goes viral, and hen news stations are calling you asking your opinion about it. My players cheered when that young man scored and that was something that I wanted to impart to them because one of our core values was being selfless. I think that exhibited being selfless to them in real life. Morse: That is awesome. For the listeners that have not seen that yet where can they find it? I know several media stations picked that up. Do you know where they can see that online? Padalecki: It might still be on YouTube. I think if they just type in “Mesquite Poteet manager scores” it should come up if I’m not mistaken. I think it’s on <a href="http://MLB.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MLB.com</a> in one of the highlights of the year. ESPN might have heard about it. I know it was on CBS News etc. I imagine if they can Google it they can see it. Morse: Awesome. That is a tremendous moment. For the listeners that are considering joining the Inner Circle what is one piece of advice that you would have for them? Padalecki: The piece of advice is be engaged. It’s not about what you can get from the Inner Circle but what you bring to the table. Even if you don’t think you can bring anything to the table you can. Just little tidbits of what you’re doing in your program within any sport helps show coaches that they can make little adjustments as well. At the end of the day we don’t know what we don’t know. Morse: Awesome. What is one strategy you use in your life – maybe it’s from the Inner Circle or maybe from outside – that helps you to continue to sharpen your axe as a coach, as a father, as a husband, to keep getting better? Padalecki: I think it’s that it comes down to if you want more you need to become more. If you want your program to grow you as a coach need to commit to growing holistically in all areas of your life. Morse: What brings you the most joy or satisfaction in the life style or mission that you are on as a coach? Padalecki: Seeing the players I coach changing and growing into young men both on and off the field. It’s an intrinsic reward when they come back to you years later and they want to have lunch with you or come to your town to have dinner with you. I think that speaks volumes as to the seed that you plant on a daily basis that you don’t see come to fruition until years later when you’re reminded of “oh yeah that little chucklehead that I coached, he actually was paying attention” and to see the young men that they do become. Morse: Awesome. Speaking of planting seeds, if you could open the mind of the listeners of this podcast and plant a seed in their mind from your experience and from all of the wins that you’ve had, the losses that you’ve had, the teams that you’ve coached, what would that one piece of advice be for the listeners? Padalecki: Stay the course. Remain patient in what you do and the goals that you want to achieve. Don’t try to speed things up because with due time they will come about. You just need to press towards the goals that you have for yourself in life. Morse: Awesome. Before we conclude here I want to put you on the hot seat for a couple minutes where I am going to give you a phrase and want you to just come back with the first thing that comes to your mind. Padalecki: Alright. Let’s give it a shot. Morse: The best book you’ve read. Padalecki: The Radical Leap. Morse: The best advice you’ve ever received. Padalecki: If you want more you need to become more. Morse: Your mentor. Padalecki: Brian Cain. Morse: Your favorite hobby. Padalecki: Baseball. My family if my wife is listening. Morse: Your favorite app. Padalecki: My favorite app. I’m not really a big social media guy although it is a necessity (I guess) in life. My YouVersion Bible. Morse: If you’re not a big social media guy the next one is what is your favorite social media network. Padalecki: Well I guess in terms of posting I don’t post a lot but I do the big three – Facebook and Instagram and Twitter. Morse: And lastly your favorite podcast. Padalecki: Favorite podcast. There are several. They are all a tie. The one I’m on right now – which I appreciate and feel honored to be on. I love The Mind Side. And then also my wife’s. My wife started a podcast where she reaches out to coach’s wives to help support them and encourage them. That is called Married To The Game podcast. You can find that (it’s a shameless plug) on any of the iTunes, Stitcher, or your favorite Android podcast search engine. Morse: Awesome. Coach, for the listeners that want to pick your brain a little more, follow you on social media networks, where can they find you? Padalecki: Twitter is the easiest one. I believe my Twitter handle is @CoachP35. I think I’m under Ed Padalecki. You need to look at how it’s spelled in this podcast – Padalecki – on Facebook. Morse: Awesome. Any last thoughts that you’d like to add for the audience and the listeners that are coaching different sports around the country? Padalecki: Inner Circle is a great resource. Anything Brian Cain does is a great resource. The live events that happen around the country are great resources as well as whoever Brian networks with. Your network is a great resource. Continue to stay the course. Continue to grow as a coach and in all areas of your life. Morse: Speaking of live event you were obviously there in attendance. What did you think of the live event? Maybe what is one thing that you have done differently since attending? Padalecki: The live event was great in terms of you were able to be face to face with other Cainiacs (so to speak) and believers in the mental game. That is few and far between but it is a necessity. As your athletes grow their talent level increases and then every level they’re at everybody else’s talent is the same. What separates your athlete from going to the next level would be the mental game. And being able to just talk with the other coaches that are big believers in the mental game. Also the manual that came out. I have used that with my players. Not only my players but in the classroom as well. Morse: Awesome. Thanks for your time today, Coach. Appreciate you joining us. Padalecki: You bet, Matt. Thank you. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc110-ed-padalecki-inner-circle-benefits.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC110: Ed Padalecki | Inner Circle Benefits</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC110: Ed Padalecki | Inner Circle Benefits

Derek Johnson

In this podcast, former Vanderbilt Baseball pitching coach Derek Johnson shares strategies for helping pitchers compete one pitch at a time and reach their maximum potential through mental conditioning.  Johnson is considered by many as the top pitching coach in the world.  He currently works as the pitching coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers.  Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.  The post BC65: Derek Johnson – Building Mental Toughness in Pitchers appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

In this podcast, former Vanderbilt Baseball pitching coach Derek Johnson shares strategies for helping pitchers compete one pitch at a time and reach their maximum potential through mental conditioning.  Johnson is considered by many as the top pitching coach in the world.  He currently works as the pitching coordinator for the Milwaukee Brewers. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cain</a> on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/briancainpeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BrianCainPeak</a>. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc65-derek-johnson-building-mental-toughness-in-pitchers.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC65: Derek Johnson – Building Mental Toughness in Pitchers</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC65: Derek Johnson – Building Mental Toughness in Pitchers

Brain Cain is one of the most sought after Sports Psychologists in the world. He has worked with numerous world champions in MMA, the Olympic Games, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and in the National Football League. All of these world champions, and those who win national championships at the collegiate level or state championships at the high school level, know things that most competitors don’t. Coach Cain would like to teach you ten of those things they know, that you don’t. Follow Brian Cain on Twitter. Subscribe to the Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast in iTunes.    The post BC08: 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Brain Cain is one of the most sought after Sports Psychologists in the world. He has worked with numerous world champions in MMA, the Olympic Games, Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and in the National Football League. All of these world champions, and those who win national championships at the collegiate level or state championships at the high school level, know things that most competitors don’t. Coach Cain would like to teach you ten of those things they know, that you don’t. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain</a> on Twitter. Subscribe to the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance Podcast</a> in <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/peak-performance/id541110453" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc08-10-things-world-champions-know-that-you-dont.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC08: 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC08: 10 Things World Champions Know That You Don’t

Rob Childress

Rob Childress is the head baseball coach at Texas A&amp;M University.  In this podcast Coach Childress discusses the mental game of baseball, how he builds toughness in the players in his program, and the championship culture that is the foundation of his program.  Follow Cain on Twitter @BrianCainPeak.   The post BC73:  Rob Childress – Texas A&amp;M Baseball appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Rob Childress is the head baseball coach at Texas A&amp;M University.  In this podcast Coach Childress discusses the mental game of baseball, how he builds toughness in the players in his program, and the championship culture that is the foundation of his program. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianCainPeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cain</a> on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/briancainpeak" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@BrianCainPeak</a>. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id541110453?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc57-rob-childress-texas-am-baseball.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC73: Rob Childress – Texas A&amp;M Baseball</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC73:  Rob Childress – Texas A&M Baseball

Yancy McKnight

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Maddie O’Brien was a 4-year All-ACC Softball player at Florida State University and is currently playing for the Pennsylvania Rebellion of the National Pro Fastpitch.  In this podcast she talks about her mindset for success, competing one pitch at a time and what she does for mental training.  She was a finalist for College Softball National Player of the Year in 2014. You can connect with Maddie on Twitter @Maddieob7.   The post BC88: Maddie O’Brien – 2014 NCAA All-American – FSU Softball &amp; NPF Player appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Maddie O’Brien was a 4-year All-ACC Softball player at Florida State University and is currently playing for the Pennsylvania Rebellion of the National Pro Fastpitch.  In this podcast she talks about her mindset for success, competing one pitch at a time and what she does for mental training.  She was a finalist for College Softball National Player of the Year in 2014. You can connect with Maddie on Twitter <a href="http://twitter.com/Maddieob7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Maddieob7</a>. <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-cain-peak-performance/id541110453?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc88-maddie-obrien-2014-ncaa-all-american-fsu-softball-npf-player.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC88: Maddie O’Brien – 2014 NCAA All-American – FSU Softball &amp; NPF Player</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC88: Maddie O’Brien – 2014 NCAA All-American – FSU Softball & NPF Player

Brian goes solo to give you 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time.  He gives you tangible action steps to help you maximize your time on a day-to-day basis.  You will learn about…  A “Not-To-Do” List and examples Brian puts on his list How to clear to neutral  The importance of scheduling out your weeks A 4-Step System for leaving a voicemail Tracking your E:E ratio             PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION Cain: I’ve got bigger goals and things that I want to do, so I want to take my limited free time that I have and not put it into watching other people that I don’t have any personal connection with.  I want to put it into educating myself so maybe I would be valuable enough to have a personal connection with those people who are playing so that I can serve them.  Now this is not for everybody but neither is success. I want to share with you 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time.  This is straight out of Pillar #3 Time Is Ticking – and I know that you’ve been following the journey of Coach Kenny and Matthew Simonds through The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance. When we start talking about time, why is time one of the 12 Pillars?  It’s because it’s the only factor that is the same for everybody.  It doesn’t matter if you’re in the NBA or you’re playing JV high school basketball – guess what?  You’ve got 168 hours in a week, 86,400 seconds in a day, 1,440 minutes in a day, and how you use your time is ultimately going to determine where you end up. The 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time – I want to share with you some of those tips so that you can get some simple takeaways from this podcast that you can start implementing immediately, one of which is understanding what I call the “not-to-do list.”  At a certain point in your life (the younger you are) you probably have a to-do list where the to-do list is these are the things that I need to do to give me the best chance for success. Well, if you’re a coach or athletic director listening to this, there obviously comes a certain point in your career where the not-to-do list probably becomes more important than the to-do list, because the things that you do, are they the best use of your time?  The one factor you can’t get back is, you can’t get back time.  It’s the only thing that is the same for everybody. You’ve got to have a not-to-do list.  For example, “I will not do yard work at my house, I will not make food” – those are two things that I could do but I don’t like to do.  I’m not good at them and I simply would rather hire someone else to help me with those or go buy premade meals and hire someone to do the yard.  For the 90 minutes or so that it takes me to do the yard I’d rather take those 90 minutes and invest them into time with my wife, invest them into doing a podcast like this to impact people like yourself, or invest them into doing one-on-one coaching.  I have found a way to take a skill set that I have (in coaching) and instead of doing something I don’t like to do (yard work) I would invest that time into a way where I can make the same amount of money that it’s going to cost me to pay someone to do my yard – I can make that doing something I love.  Why would I not do that? Some people like doing their yard work so that may not be something that you put on your not-to-do list. Something you may put on your not-to-do list is laundry.  Well, they have these companies now that come and I got one on my front door the other day.  They dropped off a bag on the front porch and if you want to put laundry in there, you put it back outside.  It’s like every Tuesday and Friday they pick up the bag, they leave you a new one, and they bring your laundry back to you in three days.  So if that is something that is for you, then it’s for you. You’ve got to understand the not-to-do list.  Other things I have put on my not-to-do list are “do not check e-mail before you exercise.”  You know how it is in the morning.  You wake up with this grand vision of you’re going to go, you’re going to get moving, you’re going to start to sweat, you’re going to get yourself going in the morning – but as soon as you open that inbox (AKA Pandora’s box), now your life revolves around everyone else’s agenda. So that is something I am not going to do. Another thing on my not-to-do list is “don’t text and drive.”  Do you realize that as many people were killed from texting and driving nowadays as there are from drunk driving?  Why would you text and drive?  If you think about it, if you send one three-sentence text message, you’ve basically driven around the entire bases of a baseball field without looking at the road. People do it all the time and people get away with it, but that doesn’t make it right and that doesn’t make it that it should be part of your routine.  You’ve got to have that understanding of what’s on your not-to-do list. Other pieces that go into this Time Is Ticking and Tips for Managing Your Life is just simply having a SYSTEM.  What is your SYSTEM?  SYSTEM is an acronym for “Save Yourself Stress, Time, Effort, and Motivation.”  A SYSTEM of what I like to call “clearing to neutral.” Before you go into a week – when I was a high school teacher and athletic director, I’d already take Sunday.  Sunday would be my clear to neutral day where I would actually do laundry.  I’d set up my meals for the week and I would make sure the house was clean and organized and my desk at the office was organized and my home was organized, and I had everything laid out for the week so I would just go in and I would rock and roll.  At the time I didn’t have a 168-hour week plan, but if I did I would have been that much more effective.  So having Sunday apart now where my clear to neutral is clean out all e-mails, all text messages, all voicemails, all social media, have all my clothes folded and put away, no clothes in my laundry, have my bags packed for the week, have my meals set up for the week, have my 168 done.  Boom. That is my clear to neutral. My 168 is there are 168 hours in a week.  So on Sunday I’ll sit down and map out where all my time is going to go during the week.  That way I can sit and I can say “okay, this is what is going to set me up to have a successful week but let me just go make sure I have a successful day.”  If I have a successful day by implementing my 168 plan, then that leads to a successful week which leads to a successful month which leads to a successful quarter which leads to a successful year. I can say with complete conviction that since I started to map out my 168 I’ve gotten more done in less time, I’ve had more free time, I’ve been able to work out more, and I’ve had more time with my wife because I know where my time is going.  I know that if there is that time where I’ve got to catch an early – like tomorrow I’ve got to get on a 5:00 AM flight, so I know that tonight I’ve got to try and get in the rack by 8:30-9:00 so that I can get enough sleep so when I get up at 3:30 to catch a 5:00 AM flight I’m going to be juiced.  I’m going to be ready to go.  I’m not going to be going to bed at midnight and waking up and then setting myself behind.  Mapping out that 168, having the not-to-do list, having a SYSTEM is going to be important. Let me share another one with you.  Voicemail.  Nowadays most phone calls are going through on cell phones but I know for a lot of people in the educational sector that are listening to this (coaches), they have office phones and you get this voicemail:  “Hey, Brian, it’s Matt.  Give me a call back.”  Now that would be like somebody sending you an e-mail and going, “Hey, Brian, it’s Matt.  E-mail me back.”  That is just pointless.  It’s a waste of time.  It’s inefficient.  Here is a four-step system for leaving a voicemail. Step #1 is state who you are, first name and last name.  Step #2 is who are you calling?  Step #3 is timestamp with contact information, phone number.  Step #4 is move the conversation forward.  That is the one that gets missed the most.  Again, Step #1, who you’re calling; Step #2, who you are; Step #3 timestamp and contact info; Step #4 move the conversation forward. So it looks like this.  Let’s say I’m calling my friend Matt Morse.  I’d say:  “Hey, Matt Morse, Brian Cain here.  It is December 25 (Merry Christmas).  It’s noon.  I hope you’re doing fantastic.  My phone number is 555-555-5555 and I’m calling to see if you wanted to go over and get a workout in tomorrow at 9:00-10:30 over at Lifetime Fitness in Southlake, Texas, to see if you wanted to go get after it.  Give me a text message back or give me an e-mail back or leave me a voicemail and let me know if you want to do it.  I’ll see you over there.  9:00, Lifetime at Southlake.  Merry Christmas.  Dominate your Day.  See you.” So what did I do?  I said who I’m calling, I said who I am, I left my phone number and the time I called, and I let him know what I wanted to move the conversation forward. For the athletes listening to this who are in the cell phone generation, you can say “I see when the guy called, I see what his name is,” but there is going to come a time where you have an office phone because you are working in corporate America (or whatever it is) and you’re going to get that voicemail and it’s going to drive you nuts because you won’t be able to get back to the person because they didn’t leave you the right phone number or you don’t know which person it is – because you are going to know more than one Matt – and then they’re going to get after you and say, “hey, man, you never called me back” when you couldn’t because they didn’t know how to leave a damn voicemail.  Make sure you know the four steps of how to leave a voicemail. The last thing I want to share with you here is what we call NET time and your E:E ratio.  NET time is – if you’re listening to this podcast in your car you know exactly what NET time is – No Extra Time.  We want to be savages of our time. We want to know where our time is going and maximize our time.  When you’re driving in the car, enrolling in what we call Automobile University (which we’re going to talk more about on another podcast) is listening to audiobooks, listening to podcasts, listening to Philosopher’s Notes or breaking down educational material. NET time is No Extra Time, which ties right into your E:E ratio.  The limited free time that you have – does it go into education or does it go into entertainment?  For most people it goes into entertainment and you were probably that person listening to Mike &amp; Mike in the Morning or listening to something in your car, sports talk radio.  Here is my question for you:  Why do you care about people talking about other people’s lives and other people talking about professional sports?  Maybe you’re a professional sports agent.  Maybe you’re a bookie.  Maybe you’re somebody who has a son that is playing in professional sports.  If not, start investing in yourself and stop wasting time listening to professional sports. I work in pro sports.  I can’t stand watching it on TV unless I have a personal connection to somebody who is in there – I feel like I’m dying.  The reason I say that is because I’ve got bigger goals and things that I want to do, so I want to take my limited free time that I have and not put it into watching other people that I don’t have any personal connection with.  I want to put it into educating myself so maybe I would be valuable enough to have a personal connection with those people who are playing so that I can serve them.  Does that make sense?  Your E:E ratio.  Your entertainment towards your education. Now this is not for everybody, but neither is success.  It’s simple.  Look at the free time you have.  Does it go into watching TV or does it go into working on you?  Does it go into watching other people live their lives or working to better improve your life?  That is the E:E ratio and that directly ties in with NET time – No Extra Time. I hear it all the time.  People go “I can’t work out – I don’t have a gym membership.”  Dude, you have a body and you have a floor.  Pushups, burpees, squats, whatever it is.  You don’t need much.  Grab a garbage can and go until you puke – thank you, Leif Babin, author of Extreme Ownership.  Just make it happen.  I’m being somewhat sarcastic there about making yourself go till you puke, but just get moving. And guess what the best part about NET time is?  Grab a headset, grab an audiobook, grab this podcast and listen to this podcast as you go for a walk and then a jog and then a light run and then a run.  Next thing you know you’re educating yourself with one of my favorite routines, what I call the “learn and burn.”  I learn as I burn calories and as I get going and get moving in the morning. But guess what?  Time is ticking and there is one thing you can’t get more of – and that’s time.  So let’s start maximizing your education ratio, minimizing your entertainment ratio.  Don’t eliminate it completely because you do need some entertainment in life, but maximize your education and get on NET time and Dominate the Day. The post BC120: 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time | Pillar #3 appeared first on Brian Cain Peak Performance.

Brian goes solo to give you 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time.  He gives you tangible action steps to help you maximize your time on a day-to-day basis. You will learn about… <ul> <li>A “Not-To-Do” List and examples Brian puts on his list</li> <li>How to clear to neutral </li> <li>The importance of scheduling out your weeks</li> <li>A 4-Step System for leaving a voicemail</li> <li>Tracking your E:E ratio</li> </ul> <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3> </h3> <h3>PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION</h3> Cain: I’ve got bigger goals and things that I want to do, so I want to take my limited free time that I have and not put it into watching other people that I don’t have any personal connection with.  I want to put it into educating myself so maybe I would be valuable enough to have a personal connection with those people who are playing so that I can serve them.  Now this is not for everybody but neither is success. I want to share with you 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time.  This is straight out of Pillar #3 Time Is Ticking – and I know that you’ve been following the journey of Coach Kenny and Matthew Simonds through The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance. When we start talking about time, why is time one of the 12 Pillars?  It’s because it’s the only factor that is the same for everybody.  It doesn’t matter if you’re in the NBA or you’re playing JV high school basketball – guess what?  You’ve got 168 hours in a week, 86,400 seconds in a day, 1,440 minutes in a day, and how you use your time is ultimately going to determine where you end up. The 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time – I want to share with you some of those tips so that you can get some simple takeaways from this podcast that you can start implementing immediately, one of which is understanding what I call the “not-to-do list.”  At a certain point in your life (the younger you are) you probably have a to-do list where the to-do list is these are the things that I need to do to give me the best chance for success. Well, if you’re a coach or athletic director listening to this, there obviously comes a certain point in your career where the not-to-do list probably becomes more important than the to-do list, because the things that you do, are they the best use of your time?  The one factor you can’t get back is, you can’t get back time.  It’s the only thing that is the same for everybody. You’ve got to have a not-to-do list.  For example, “I will not do yard work at my house, I will not make food” – those are two things that I could do but I don’t like to do.  I’m not good at them and I simply would rather hire someone else to help me with those or go buy premade meals and hire someone to do the yard.  For the 90 minutes or so that it takes me to do the yard I’d rather take those 90 minutes and invest them into time with my wife, invest them into doing a podcast like this to impact people like yourself, or invest them into doing one-on-one coaching.  I have found a way to take a skill set that I have (in coaching) and instead of doing something I don’t like to do (yard work) I would invest that time into a way where I can make the same amount of money that it’s going to cost me to pay someone to do my yard – I can make that doing something I love.  Why would I not do that? Some people like doing their yard work so that may not be something that you put on your not-to-do list. Something you may put on your not-to-do list is laundry.  Well, they have these companies now that come and I got one on my front door the other day.  They dropped off a bag on the front porch and if you want to put laundry in there, you put it back outside.  It’s like every Tuesday and Friday they pick up the bag, they leave you a new one, and they bring your laundry back to you in three days.  So if that is something that is for you, then it’s for you. You’ve got to understand the not-to-do list.  Other things I have put on my not-to-do list are “do not check e-mail before you exercise.”  You know how it is in the morning.  You wake up with this grand vision of you’re going to go, you’re going to get moving, you’re going to start to sweat, you’re going to get yourself going in the morning – but as soon as you open that inbox (AKA Pandora’s box), now your life revolves around everyone else’s agenda. So that is something I am not going to do. Another thing on my not-to-do list is “don’t text and drive.”  Do you realize that as many people were killed from texting and driving nowadays as there are from drunk driving?  Why would you text and drive?  If you think about it, if you send one three-sentence text message, you’ve basically driven around the entire bases of a baseball field without looking at the road. People do it all the time and people get away with it, but that doesn’t make it right and that doesn’t make it that it should be part of your routine.  You’ve got to have that understanding of what’s on your not-to-do list. Other pieces that go into this Time Is Ticking and Tips for Managing Your Life is just simply having a SYSTEM.  What is your SYSTEM?  SYSTEM is an acronym for “Save Yourself Stress, Time, Effort, and Motivation.”  A SYSTEM of what I like to call “clearing to neutral.” Before you go into a week – when I was a high school teacher and athletic director, I’d already take Sunday.  Sunday would be my clear to neutral day where I would actually do laundry.  I’d set up my meals for the week and I would make sure the house was clean and organized and my desk at the office was organized and my home was organized, and I had everything laid out for the week so I would just go in and I would rock and roll.  At the time I didn’t have a 168-hour week plan, but if I did I would have been that much more effective.  So having Sunday apart now where my clear to neutral is clean out all e-mails, all text messages, all voicemails, all social media, have all my clothes folded and put away, no clothes in my laundry, have my bags packed for the week, have my meals set up for the week, have my 168 done.  Boom. That is my clear to neutral. My 168 is there are 168 hours in a week.  So on Sunday I’ll sit down and map out where all my time is going to go during the week.  That way I can sit and I can say “okay, this is what is going to set me up to have a successful week but let me just go make sure I have a successful day.”  If I have a successful day by implementing my 168 plan, then that leads to a successful week which leads to a successful month which leads to a successful quarter which leads to a successful year. I can say with complete conviction that since I started to map out my 168 I’ve gotten more done in less time, I’ve had more free time, I’ve been able to work out more, and I’ve had more time with my wife because I know where my time is going.  I know that if there is that time where I’ve got to catch an early – like tomorrow I’ve got to get on a 5:00 AM flight, so I know that tonight I’ve got to try and get in the rack by 8:30-9:00 so that I can get enough sleep so when I get up at 3:30 to catch a 5:00 AM flight I’m going to be juiced.  I’m going to be ready to go.  I’m not going to be going to bed at midnight and waking up and then setting myself behind.  Mapping out that 168, having the not-to-do list, having a SYSTEM is going to be important. Let me share another one with you.  Voicemail.  Nowadays most phone calls are going through on cell phones but I know for a lot of people in the educational sector that are listening to this (coaches), they have office phones and you get this voicemail:  “Hey, Brian, it’s Matt.  Give me a call back.”  Now that would be like somebody sending you an e-mail and going, “Hey, Brian, it’s Matt.  E-mail me back.”  That is just pointless.  It’s a waste of time.  It’s inefficient.  Here is a four-step system for leaving a voicemail. Step #1 is state who you are, first name and last name.  Step #2 is who are you calling?  Step #3 is timestamp with contact information, phone number.  Step #4 is move the conversation forward.  That is the one that gets missed the most.  Again, Step #1, who you’re calling; Step #2, who you are; Step #3 timestamp and contact info; Step #4 move the conversation forward. So it looks like this.  Let’s say I’m calling my friend Matt Morse.  I’d say:  “Hey, Matt Morse, Brian Cain here.  It is December 25 (Merry Christmas).  It’s noon.  I hope you’re doing fantastic.  My phone number is 555-555-5555 and I’m calling to see if you wanted to go over and get a workout in tomorrow at 9:00-10:30 over at Lifetime Fitness in Southlake, Texas, to see if you wanted to go get after it.  Give me a text message back or give me an e-mail back or leave me a voicemail and let me know if you want to do it.  I’ll see you over there.  9:00, Lifetime at Southlake.  Merry Christmas.  Dominate your Day.  See you.” So what did I do? I said who I’m calling, I said who I am, I left my phone number and the time I called, and I let him know what I wanted to move the conversation forward. For the athletes listening to this who are in the cell phone generation, you can say “I see when the guy called, I see what his name is,” but there is going to come a time where you have an office phone because you are working in corporate America (or whatever it is) and you’re going to get that voicemail and it’s going to drive you nuts because you won’t be able to get back to the person because they didn’t leave you the right phone number or you don’t know which person it is – because you are going to know more than one Matt – and then they’re going to get after you and say, “hey, man, you never called me back” when you couldn’t because they didn’t know how to leave a damn voicemail.  Make sure you know the four steps of how to leave a voicemail. The last thing I want to share with you here is what we call NET time and your E:E ratio.  NET time is – if you’re listening to this podcast in your car you know exactly what NET time is – No Extra Time.  We want to be savages of our time. We want to know where our time is going and maximize our time.  When you’re driving in the car, enrolling in what we call Automobile University (which we’re going to talk more about on another podcast) is listening to audiobooks, listening to podcasts, listening to Philosopher’s Notes or breaking down educational material. NET time is No Extra Time, which ties right into your E:E ratio.  The limited free time that you have – does it go into education or does it go into entertainment?  For most people it goes into entertainment and you were probably that person listening to Mike &amp; Mike in the Morning or listening to something in your car, sports talk radio.  Here is my question for you:  Why do you care about people talking about other people’s lives and other people talking about professional sports?  Maybe you’re a professional sports agent.  Maybe you’re a bookie.  Maybe you’re somebody who has a son that is playing in professional sports.  If not, start investing in yourself and stop wasting time listening to professional sports. I work in pro sports.  I can’t stand watching it on TV unless I have a personal connection to somebody who is in there – I feel like I’m dying.  The reason I say that is because I’ve got bigger goals and things that I want to do, so I want to take my limited free time that I have and not put it into watching other people that I don’t have any personal connection with.  I want to put it into educating myself so maybe I would be valuable enough to have a personal connection with those people who are playing so that I can serve them.  Does that make sense?  Your E:E ratio.  Your entertainment towards your education. Now this is not for everybody, but neither is success.  It’s simple.  Look at the free time you have.  Does it go into watching TV or does it go into working on you?  Does it go into watching other people live their lives or working to better improve your life?  That is the E:E ratio and that directly ties in with NET time – No Extra Time. I hear it all the time.  People go “I can’t work out – I don’t have a gym membership.”  Dude, you have a body and you have a floor.  Pushups, burpees, squats, whatever it is.  You don’t need much.  Grab a garbage can and go until you puke – thank you, Leif Babin, author of Extreme Ownership.  Just make it happen.  I’m being somewhat sarcastic there about making yourself go till you puke, but just get moving. And guess what the best part about NET time is?  Grab a headset, grab an audiobook, grab this podcast and listen to this podcast as you go for a walk and then a jog and then a light run and then a run.  Next thing you know you’re educating yourself with one of my favorite routines, what I call the “learn and burn.”  I learn as I burn calories and as I get going and get moving in the morning. But guess what?  Time is ticking and there is one thing you can’t get more of – and that’s time.  So let’s start maximizing your education ratio, minimizing your entertainment ratio.  Don’t eliminate it completely because you do need some entertainment in life, but maximize your education and get on NET time and Dominate the Day. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc120-9-tips-for-mastering-and-managing-your-time-pillar-3.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC120: 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time | Pillar #3</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

BC120: 9 Tips for Mastering and Managing Your Time | Pillar #3

Steven Terrell

Brian sits down with former Texas A&amp;M Aggie and current NFL player Steven Terrell to talk about a multitude of topics including: belief, leadership, effort, competitive drive, and the mental game.    You will learn…  Strategies to apply visualization at the high school level. How effort trumps talent. Why leadership is so important.    Follow Steven on Twitter @SdotTerrell      PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION Effort is everything.  Especially at this level there’s not really room to not have it.   Cain:  Hey, how are you doing?  Brian Cain, your Peak Performance Coach, here with the Peak Performance Podcast.  Today our guest is Steven Terrell.  He’s a 2008 graduate of Allen High School in Texas, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 5A Division 1 Football State Championship.  Terrell would continue his football career at Texas A&amp;M University.  He was a four-year letter winner while seeing action in 52 games during his college career.  Terrell led both on and off field, receiving honors such as a First-Team Academic All-Big 12 and First-Team Academic All-Southeastern Conference.   Steven also served as a team captain during his senior campaign.  Terrell then signed in 2013 as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars and would spend time with the Houston Texans before landing on the roster of the Seattle Seahawks before the 2014 season.  Please welcome to the Peak Performance Podcast, Steven Terrell.  Steven, thanks for being with us.   Terrell:  Thanks for having me.   Cain:  If you would, could you talk a little bit about your experience growing up in Allen and going through with the Performance Course.   Terrell:  Performance Course was just something that one of the coaches had brought to my attention when I was in middle school.  They just told me, “You need to get into this – it will keep you in shape for the off-season.”  I begged my parents to do it and when I signed up, it was actually more than I expected.  It’s something I continued to do every year, middle school all the way up to high school.  It was just a great team environment to work around.   When you get to the level that I play, you just realize that you need to grind and work and go through tough situations with your team to build that chemistry and just to see the limits you can go with each other.  It’s great to work hard and have your teammates around you.  Performance Course is a great thing for me just because it taught me all the core values of being an athlete, and it also just helped you be with your friends in working hard and trying to achieve a goal no matter what sport it was.   Cain:  Steven, how important has belief and confidence been in your success as a football player?   Terrell:  Oh, it’s been very important.  Belief.  First you have to believe in yourself.  You’re going to have coaches and people believing in you, but that only goes as far as you believing in yourself and having that confidence to be able to come back through adversity.  Everything is not going to go your way.  You’re going to have a lot of setbacks.  I had a lot of setbacks in my career.  But it’s not the bad things; it’s how you respond to those things.  You have to be positive and have that strong mindset of belief in yourself and confidence that you can achieve whatever you put your mind to.   Cain:  With the great programs you’ve been a part of – Texas A&amp;M, the Jaguars, the Texans, and now the Seahawks – talk a little bit about the importance of leadership in terms of success in athletics.   Terrell:  Leadership is another one of those things that is just very important.  All of the good teams have great leadership.  You’re not going to find many bad teams that have leadership.  The thing about leadership is you have to be willing to do the unpopular thing.  You have to be able to maybe call some people out that aren’t working hard or just do the uncommon thing and work a little bit extra than everybody else.  But you have to have that leadership.  You have to have somebody on each team and each program to kind of lead the way and set the tone for the rest of the guys.  It doesn’t have to just be one person either.  There is not an age limit or year qualification to be a leader.  You just have to have that one person or a group of people that can set the tone for the rest of the team and give examples for younger people to follow.   Cain:  What about effort?  You’ve been playing in the NFL now and played college football at the highest level.  Do you see guys that get by just on talent or does it take extreme effort to be successful at that highest level as well?   Terrell:  Effort is everything.  Especially at this level there’s not room to not have it with the talent level being so high.  It’s one of those things growing up in Allen I’ve always heard:  “You should never have to be coached on effort.”  Effort is something that it should be there.  You shouldn’t have to have coaches telling you your effort isn’t good enough.  For me, after being coached a few times and having different obstacles, just the opportunity to play the game should take care of your effort right there.  It’s such a great opportunity to play any sport and for you to not have good effort, it’s just kind of unacceptable.   Effort is just one of those things that it should just shine.  It should show.  It should stick out on tape or on the court.  It should always stick out.  That’s just something that you shouldn’t have to be coached on.  Effort is something that it just kind of goes along with desire and just willing to be out there.   Cain:  Pete Carroll (obviously who you played for), in his book Win Forever he talks a lot about the importance of competing in everything you do.  Where does your competitive drive come from?   Terrell:  For me it’s just like I said – the opportunity to play.  The best thing about the game is the opportunity to play.  With that just comes competitiveness.  It’s just something that ever since I’ve been young I’ve been wanting to compete in everything I do.  I just want to be good at everything, whether it’s in school – I competed in school, I competed in just kind of everything.  It’s just something that you have to have within you and it has to be something kind of external that drives you.  For me it was just being successful and just trying to do whatever I could to help my family out.  For me the best route to do that was football.   So with Pete, he takes on that theme of you’re competing or you’re not.  Here we competed with everything.  Even we’ll joke around and have little basketball games and stuff like that.  Little games that keep it fun but at the same time we’re still competing.  It’s just something that you always have, that competitive nature.  It’s not something that you can switch on/switch off.  It’s just no matter what you’re doing you’re competing.  You’re trying to get better.  That’s the biggest thing.   Cain:  Can you talk a little bit about the importance of the mental game when it comes down to football and some of the ways that maybe in Seattle you guys practice the mental game?  I think you have a couple of sports psychologists, Michael Gervais and a couple other guys, that work with you.  What are some of the things that you do at the highest level of the NFL now related to the mental game that maybe you didn’t even know existed when you were at Allen?  Or maybe you did mental imagery but didn’t know it was a mental game skill.   Terrell:  Oh yeah, absolutely.  We have some very mental coaches.  The biggest thing that I’ve learned from Seattle was just the positivity in everything that we do.  We really focus on being positive and having a positive environment and a good environment to where you can just be yourself.  The coaches don’t really want you be a certain way, a specific way; they just want you to be the best you.  The way to get the best you is just being positive in everything you do.  It sounds pretty simple – “oh, just be positive” – but when you really think about it, it’s kind of hard when something goes wrong just look at the positive aspect of everything.   We really train ourselves to always focus on the positive aspects and just to visualize success.  It seems very simple but when you visualize what you’re going to do and then you can go out there and do it, it’s what makes you great.  Just positive mental imagery (like we said) and just going out there and just being able to bounce back when things go wrong.  As a DB you’re going to get beat every once in a while, but it’s how you can respond to that and have that attitude of “Okay, you beat me once but you’re not going to beat me again” and things like that.   Cain:  Did you use visualization when you were in high school or at Texas A&amp;M, or is that something you picked up with the Seahawks?   Terrell:  I kind of picked up the most positivity stuff from the Seahawks but in high school I did try to visualize things.  I would try to watch like highlight games just to focus on players and try to hear their mindset, like “This is what I’m going to do.”  During the week I would always have a play or a certain situation that I knew the other team was going to run, and try to be like “Alright, this is what’s going to happen on this play; I’m going to get an interception here, make a big hit here” – things like that.  Just trying to find situations to make positive reinforcement.   Cain:  Steven, last question for you here, my friend.  I appreciate you taking the time here out of your busy schedule.  If you could go back and talk to the Steven Terrell who was in middle school or who was in high school who was getting ready to go into the Performance Course, if you could go back and say “This is what I know now being in the NFL that I wish I knew back then” – or even if it’s non-football related, “This is what I know now as a professional athlete at the highest level of what I do, one of the best in the world, this is what I would tell the junior high or high school kid about the importance of the pursuit of success and what you need to do” – what’s the one seed if you could remove that skullcap and plant it in there and it would germinate in those guys and girls, what would it be?   Terrell:  I would just tell myself that it’s going to be worth it.  All your hard work is going to pay off and that you can do it.  I didn’t know in middle school and high school really that I would be able to make it to the NFL.  I really had no clue.  I didn’t have anybody tell me that it was possible.  For me, I would just tell myself it’s going to be worth it; your hard work is going to pay off.   Another thing I would have told myself in middle school:  to play more than one sport and to not just focus on one thing.  What I’ve seen in the NFL is there are a lot of guys that play multiple sports.  For me, I really just did track and football.  I feel like that would have enhanced my game a little bit more, just having a wide variety of how to play basketball and just trying out other things when I was younger.  But the biggest thing is just knowing that there is a chance.  You’re going to be able to do this and it’s going to be worth it.  I feel like if kids just have that mindset that this is going to pay off one day in a positive way, they would work harder.   Cain:  Steven Terrell, thank you for taking the time.  For our listeners, if you want to get yourself some more Steven, you can check him out on Twitter @SdotTerrell and on Instagram @young_Terrell21.  Steven, thank you for taking the time.  Much appreciated.   Terrell:  Thank you for having me.     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Brian sits down with former Texas A&amp;M Aggie and current NFL player Steven Terrell to talk about a multitude of topics including: belief, leadership, effort, competitive drive, and the mental game. You will learn… <ul> <li>Strategies to apply visualization at the high school level.</li> <li>How effort trumps talent.</li> <li>Why leadership is so important.</li> </ul> Follow Steven on <a href="https://twitter.com/sdotterrell?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @SdotTerrell</a> <a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://BrianCain.com/Podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/brian-cain-2/brian-cain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h3> </h3> <h3>PODCAST TRANSCRIPTION</h3> Effort is everything.  Especially at this level there’s not really room to not have it. Cain:  Hey, how are you doing?  Brian Cain, your Peak Performance Coach, here with the Peak Performance Podcast.  Today our guest is Steven Terrell.  He’s a 2008 graduate of Allen High School in Texas, where he helped lead the Eagles to a 5A Division 1 Football State Championship.  Terrell would continue his football career at Texas A&amp;M University.  He was a four-year letter winner while seeing action in 52 games during his college career.  Terrell led both on and off field, receiving honors such as a First-Team Academic All-Big 12 and First-Team Academic All-Southeastern Conference. Steven also served as a team captain during his senior campaign.  Terrell then signed in 2013 as an undrafted free agent with the Jacksonville Jaguars and would spend time with the Houston Texans before landing on the roster of the Seattle Seahawks before the 2014 season.  Please welcome to the Peak Performance Podcast, Steven Terrell.  Steven, thanks for being with us. Terrell:  Thanks for having me. Cain:  If you would, could you talk a little bit about your experience growing up in Allen and going through with the Performance Course. Terrell:  Performance Course was just something that one of the coaches had brought to my attention when I was in middle school.  They just told me, “You need to get into this – it will keep you in shape for the off-season.”  I begged my parents to do it and when I signed up, it was actually more than I expected.  It’s something I continued to do every year, middle school all the way up to high school.  It was just a great team environment to work around. When you get to the level that I play, you just realize that you need to grind and work and go through tough situations with your team to build that chemistry and just to see the limits you can go with each other.  It’s great to work hard and have your teammates around you.  Performance Course is a great thing for me just because it taught me all the core values of being an athlete, and it also just helped you be with your friends in working hard and trying to achieve a goal no matter what sport it was. Cain:  Steven, how important has belief and confidence been in your success as a football player? Terrell:  Oh, it’s been very important.  Belief.  First you have to believe in yourself.  You’re going to have coaches and people believing in you, but that only goes as far as you believing in yourself and having that confidence to be able to come back through adversity.  Everything is not going to go your way.  You’re going to have a lot of setbacks.  I had a lot of setbacks in my career.  But it’s not the bad things; it’s how you respond to those things.  You have to be positive and have that strong mindset of belief in yourself and confidence that you can achieve whatever you put your mind to. Cain:  With the great programs you’ve been a part of – Texas A&amp;M, the Jaguars, the Texans, and now the Seahawks – talk a little bit about the importance of leadership in terms of success in athletics. Terrell:  Leadership is another one of those things that is just very important.  All of the good teams have great leadership.  You’re not going to find many bad teams that have leadership.  The thing about leadership is you have to be willing to do the unpopular thing.  You have to be able to maybe call some people out that aren’t working hard or just do the uncommon thing and work a little bit extra than everybody else.  But you have to have that leadership.  You have to have somebody on each team and each program to kind of lead the way and set the tone for the rest of the guys.  It doesn’t have to just be one person either.  There is not an age limit or year qualification to be a leader.  You just have to have that one person or a group of people that can set the tone for the rest of the team and give examples for younger people to follow. Cain:  What about effort?  You’ve been playing in the NFL now and played college football at the highest level.  Do you see guys that get by just on talent or does it take extreme effort to be successful at that highest level as well? Terrell:  Effort is everything.  Especially at this level there’s not room to not have it with the talent level being so high.  It’s one of those things growing up in Allen I’ve always heard:  “You should never have to be coached on effort.”  Effort is something that it should be there.  You shouldn’t have to have coaches telling you your effort isn’t good enough.  For me, after being coached a few times and having different obstacles, just the opportunity to play the game should take care of your effort right there.  It’s such a great opportunity to play any sport and for you to not have good effort, it’s just kind of unacceptable. Effort is just one of those things that it should just shine.  It should show.  It should stick out on tape or on the court.  It should always stick out.  That’s just something that you shouldn’t have to be coached on.  Effort is something that it just kind of goes along with desire and just willing to be out there. Cain:  Pete Carroll (obviously who you played for), in his book Win Forever he talks a lot about the importance of competing in everything you do.  Where does your competitive drive come from? Terrell:  For me it’s just like I said – the opportunity to play.  The best thing about the game is the opportunity to play.  With that just comes competitiveness.  It’s just something that ever since I’ve been young I’ve been wanting to compete in everything I do.  I just want to be good at everything, whether it’s in school – I competed in school, I competed in just kind of everything.  It’s just something that you have to have within you and it has to be something kind of external that drives you.  For me it was just being successful and just trying to do whatever I could to help my family out.  For me the best route to do that was football. So with Pete, he takes on that theme of you’re competing or you’re not.  Here we competed with everything.  Even we’ll joke around and have little basketball games and stuff like that.  Little games that keep it fun but at the same time we’re still competing.  It’s just something that you always have, that competitive nature.  It’s not something that you can switch on/switch off.  It’s just no matter what you’re doing you’re competing.  You’re trying to get better.  That’s the biggest thing. Cain:  Can you talk a little bit about the importance of the mental game when it comes down to football and some of the ways that maybe in Seattle you guys practice the mental game?  I think you have a couple of sports psychologists, Michael Gervais and a couple other guys, that work with you.  What are some of the things that you do at the highest level of the NFL now related to the mental game that maybe you didn’t even know existed when you were at Allen?  Or maybe you did mental imagery but didn’t know it was a mental game skill. Terrell:  Oh yeah, absolutely.  We have some very mental coaches.  The biggest thing that I’ve learned from Seattle was just the positivity in everything that we do.  We really focus on being positive and having a positive environment and a good environment to where you can just be yourself.  The coaches don’t really want you be a certain way, a specific way; they just want you to be the best you.  The way to get the best you is just being positive in everything you do.  It sounds pretty simple – “oh, just be positive” – but when you really think about it, it’s kind of hard when something goes wrong just look at the positive aspect of everything. We really train ourselves to always focus on the positive aspects and just to visualize success.  It seems very simple but when you visualize what you’re going to do and then you can go out there and do it, it’s what makes you great.  Just positive mental imagery (like we said) and just going out there and just being able to bounce back when things go wrong.  As a DB you’re going to get beat every once in a while, but it’s how you can respond to that and have that attitude of “Okay, you beat me once but you’re not going to beat me again” and things like that. Cain:  Did you use visualization when you were in high school or at Texas A&amp;M, or is that something you picked up with the Seahawks? Terrell:  I kind of picked up the most positivity stuff from the Seahawks but in high school I did try to visualize things.  I would try to watch like highlight games just to focus on players and try to hear their mindset, like “This is what I’m going to do.”  During the week I would always have a play or a certain situation that I knew the other team was going to run, and try to be like “Alright, this is what’s going to happen on this play; I’m going to get an interception here, make a big hit here” – things like that.  Just trying to find situations to make positive reinforcement. Cain:  Steven, last question for you here, my friend.  I appreciate you taking the time here out of your busy schedule.  If you could go back and talk to the Steven Terrell who was in middle school or who was in high school who was getting ready to go into the Performance Course, if you could go back and say “This is what I know now being in the NFL that I wish I knew back then” – or even if it’s non-football related, “This is what I know now as a professional athlete at the highest level of what I do, one of the best in the world, this is what I would tell the junior high or high school kid about the importance of the pursuit of success and what you need to do” – what’s the one seed if you could remove that skullcap and plant it in there and it would germinate in those guys and girls, what would it be? Terrell:  I would just tell myself that it’s going to be worth it.  All your hard work is going to pay off and that you can do it.  I didn’t know in middle school and high school really that I would be able to make it to the NFL.  I really had no clue.  I didn’t have anybody tell me that it was possible.  For me, I would just tell myself it’s going to be worth it; your hard work is going to pay off. Another thing I would have told myself in middle school:  to play more than one sport and to not just focus on one thing.  What I’ve seen in the NFL is there are a lot of guys that play multiple sports.  For me, I really just did track and football.  I feel like that would have enhanced my game a little bit more, just having a wide variety of how to play basketball and just trying out other things when I was younger.  But the biggest thing is just knowing that there is a chance.  You’re going to be able to do this and it’s going to be worth it.  I feel like if kids just have that mindset that this is going to pay off one day in a positive way, they would work harder. Cain:  Steven Terrell, thank you for taking the time.  For our listeners, if you want to get yourself some more Steven, you can check him out on Twitter @SdotTerrell and on Instagram @young_Terrell21.  Steven, thank you for taking the time.  Much appreciated. Terrell:  Thank you for having me. Thanks for listening to the Peak Performance Podcast.  If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to iTunes and leave a positive review or share a link to this episode on social media using #PeakPod.  Mention Brian Cain and one thing you learned in this episode for your chance to win a free ticket to the next Brian Cain Experience Live Event.  Dominate the Day. The post <a href="https://briancain.com/blog/bc152-steven-terrell-you-shouldnt-have-to-coach-effort.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">BC152. Steven Terrell – You Shouldn’t Have to Coach Effort</a> appeared first on <a href="https://briancain.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian Cain Peak Performance</a>.

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