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The Official Long-Form Podcast of Brian Cain, MPM, #1 Best-Selling Author, Creator of The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification and The 30 Days to Mental Performance for Athletes Course.

The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast is dedicated to helping you reach your maximum potential through mastering the 10 pillars (skills) of mental performance. 

Brian Cain has worked with the top coaches and athletes in professional, collegiate and high school sports on building an elite mindset and the routines, habits and culture they need to win.

His client list includes 6 UFC mixed martial arts World Champions, 10 NCAA National Champions, 4 MLB Cy Young Award winners, a Heisman Trophy winner, Olympic gold medalists, and top performing school, corporations and law enforcement teams from around the globe.

Also be sure to check out Brian's daily podcast, The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.

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The Official Long-Form Podcast of Brian Cain, MPM, #1 Best-Selling Author, Creator of The Mental Performance Mastery (MPM) Coaching Certification and The 30 Days to Mental Performance for Athletes Course.

The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast is dedicated to helping you reach your maximum potential through mastering the 10 pillars (skills) of mental performance. 

Brian Cain has worked with the top coaches and athletes in professional, collegiate and high school sports on building an elite mindset and the routines, habits and culture they need to win.

His client list includes 6 UFC mixed martial arts World Champions, 10 NCAA National Champions, 4 MLB Cy Young Award winners, a Heisman Trophy winner, Olympic gold medalists, and top performing school, corporations and law enforcement teams from around the globe.

Also be sure to check out Brian's daily podcast, The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.

    Creating Confidence, Consistency and Culture with 6x MLB All-Star - Lance Berkman

    Creating Confidence, Consistency and Culture with 6x MLB All-Star - Lance Berkman

    Creating Confidence, Consistency and Culture with 6x MLB All-Star - Lance Berkman

    In this live 55min group coaching call, Brian Cain, MPM is joined by 6x MLB All-Star, World Series Champion, MLB Comeback Player of the Year and current Houston Christian University Head Baseball coach Lance Berkman.  

    Lance is a also a former high school head coach and D3 college coach who has seen baseball and coaching at all levels.  In this group coaching call, Brian and Lance talk about creating confidence, consistency and culture as well as the mental performance strategies Lance used as a player and what strategies uses currently as a NCAA D1 Head Baseball Coach.

    The biggest differences between coaching at the HS and college level and how as a professional coach you are more psychologist than coach

    Developing a mental game is a toolbox and choosing what tools to use

    What separates the good from the great at the professional level

    The HCU Baseball Culture of Work, Aggression, Responsibility, Service

    How to silence the noise and focus on what’s important in that moment

    The importance of focusing on controlables and why everything else is just a distraction


    The 3Bs of hitting and how to overcome fear of an outcome

    Breathe

    Ball

    Back Through The Middle


    Why as a competitive you are always going to be nervous and you must learn to use that fear as fuel

    What confidence really is and it’s not something you feel it’s something you do 

    The importance of and use of visualization

    What it means to “have an approach” and a detailed discussion of Lance’s 7 hitting approaches

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    Work                   Leave Nothing To Chance
    Aggression         Beat Em’ To The Punch
    Responsibility     If It Is To Be, It Is Up To Me
    Service               Who Can I Serve Today

    Lances 7 Hitting Approaches - Click Here

    Heroic Book Summaries - Click Here

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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Chance Favors The Prepared - 3x MLB All-Star Matt Carpenter’s Mental Approach To Performance

    Chance Favors The Prepared - 3x MLB All-Star Matt Carpenter’s Mental Approach To Performance

    Chance Favors The Prepared - 3x MLB All-Star Matt Carpenter’s Mental Approach To Performance
    In this live 55min group coaching call, Brian Cain, MPM is joined by 3x MLB All-Star and World Series Champion Matt Carpenter of the San Diego Padres. Cain and “Carp” discuss the mindset and strategies he has implemented over the years for overcoming and overachieving on and off the field.  

    MAIN POINTS FROM CALL

    Being Elite is A Lifestyle, Not An Event

    Failure Is Feedback

    Make Your Mess, Your Masterpiece

    Adversity Is Your Advantage

    The Truth Hurts AND The Truth Can Set You Free

    Make The Most of Your Opportunities Everyday

    Acceptance Helps To Create Freedom

    Finish The Job, Do The Work and See It Through


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    • 1 hr 4 min
    The #1 Mental Performance Drill You Should Do For Yourself and Your Program

    The #1 Mental Performance Drill You Should Do For Yourself and Your Program

    In this live group coaching call, Brian Cain teaches you one of the fundamental strategies he has used to help coaches and executives create the culture they want for themselves and their organizations. The MVP Process.

    CALL RESOURCES

    Mental Performance Daily Podcast 2 Week Mini-Seminar on The MVP Process

    Downloadable MVP Process Template & Instructional Video


    CALL AGENDA
    How The Program Works?



    STEP #1 - Register For The Group Coaching Program

    https://mpm.briancain.com/email1674143740053



    STEP #2 - Check Your Email To Confirm Your Registration and Create Your Username and Password for Your Account.



    STEP #3 - Login to your account


    https://mpm.briancain.com/membership-access1674051408365?page_id=57960291&page_key=1ddnkc7xp9u67ovp&login_redirect=1 




    STEP #4 - Check the Group Coaching Dashboard for all call recordings from June 2022 (You can start today or go back and catch up) and for upcoming call dates and times so that we don’t overload you with email.

    https://mpm.briancain.com/bunker-login


    The #1 Mental Performance Drill You Should Do in 2023?

    The Performance Pathway

    The 6C’s of Leadership

    Culture By Definition

    The 5 Steps Culture By Definition


    5 Steps To Establish & Enhance The Right Culture


    #1 Identify Your MVP Process

    Mission - Why do you do what you do, what’s on your gravestone

    Vision - What do you want to accomplish, what’s on your resume

    Core Principles - How will you show up everyday?



    #2 Define Your Organizational Core Principles



    #3 Describe Above and Below The Line Behaviors

    Above The Line = Winning, Intentional, Discipline Behavior

    Below The Line = Losing, Reactive, Undisciplined Behavior




    #4 Assess Behavior & Performance

    1-10 - Start Stop Continue

    1-10 - Well Better How

    Self Assessment, Peer Assessment, 360 Assessments



    #5 Create Growth Plans

    Use What You Learned In The Assessment

    Create Your Plan

    Determine Accountability Partner(s)

    Update Success Checklist / Habit Share




    Prevent The 3 Culture Killers


    No BCD - Blame, Complain, Defensive

    Me Over We Mentality

    Energy Suckers vs Energy Givers



    MVP Process Examples

    Personal

    Mike Bahun

    Success checklist 

    168 

    ATracker 

    Habit share 

    Well better how 



    Team

    Ohio State Baseball

    Libertyville HS - John Woods

    St. Joseph HS - Kevin Guzzo



    Organizational

    Fundraising University


    Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leading mental performance coach and former high school athletic director works to educate, empower and energize you to be your best through his 10 pillars of mental performance mastery system.
    Fundraising University works to help you raise the most amount of money, in the least amount of time, with the least amount of interference, to support coaches and activities directors in enhancing the student experience and life-skill development that is a critical component of our educational system.

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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Building A Program of Excellence Mike Bianco - Ole Miss Baseball

    Building A Program of Excellence Mike Bianco - Ole Miss Baseball

    Mike Bianco is the head baseball coach at Ole Miss and lead the Rebels to the 2022 NCAA Baseball National Championship.  He discusses Building a Program of Excellence and specific strategies you can use to help build a winning culture in your organization.
    Coach Bianco and Brian discuss:

    Having a System

    Telling Stories - Warwick The Mule

    Hold The Rope

    The Next 200 Feet

    Motivational Strategies You Can Use With Your Team

    The Importance of Using Books and Reading With Your Team

    The Power of Routines & Breathing


    The Coaching Matters Group Coaching Program, Season #2 is brought to you by Fundraising University.  Coaching Matters is a nonprofit foundation whose primary purpose is to help coaches, athletes and activities directors succeed in their programs, schools and communities.  
    Fundraising University works to help you raise the most amount of money, in the least amount of time, with the least amount of interference, to support coaches and activities directors in enhancing the student experience and life-skill development that is a critical component of our educational system.
    Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leading mental performance coach and former high school athletic director works to educate, empower and energize you to be your best through his 10 pillars of mental performance mastery system.
    Together, Fundraising University and Brian Cain bring you interviews, question and answer sessions and group coaching opportunities around mastering mental performance, creating culture and developing the leadership skills you need to succeed as a coach, business owner and competitor.
    July 2022 marked the beginning of Coaching Matters Season #2.  As we transition into Season #2, starting on July 11, 2022 our Coaching Matters calls will be reserved for Coaching Matters Ambassadors, Fundraising University customers, Fundraising University employees & Franchise Owners. 
    To find out how to become a Coaching Matters Ambassador or Fundraising University Representative, please click this link https://coachingmatters.org/register-here 
    If you are a coach looking to master mental performance coaching, the missing link in your clients and athletes performance, join Brian’s MPM Coaches Insiders List and receive his best strategies for coaching mental performance and save $200 off his MPM Certification Course when it opens this fall.
    If you are a coach looking to master mental performance coaching, the missing link in your clients and athletes performance, join Brian’s MPM Coaches Insiders List and receive his best strategies for coaching mental performance and save $200 off his MPM Certification Course when it opens this fall.
    For more from Brian Cain Peak Performance, visit BrianCain.com
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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Steve Smothermon, MPM - "Bring The Juice - Spirituality In Coaching Mental Performance"

    Steve Smothermon, MPM - "Bring The Juice - Spirituality In Coaching Mental Performance"

    In this episode Brian is joined by Steve Smothermon Jr., MPM.  Steve is the author and creator of The Bring The Juice Coaching Process and is one of the leaders in connecting spirituality and mental performance coaching.

    You can learn more about Steve and his Bring The Juice program by clicking here.

    Steve’s Website -> https://www.btjperformance.com/ 

    Bring The Juice Daily Podcast -> https://www.btjperformance.com/dailyjuice 

    @steve_btj on instagram or twitter

    juicecoach1@gmail.com


    You will learn more about Steve’s Bring The Juice core principles below.

    Antifragile Mindset

    Present Moment Focus

    Pro-Active Process

    Leadership

    Enthusiasm

    The Coaching Matters Group Coaching Program, Season #2 is brought to you by Fundraising University.  Coaching Matters is a nonprofit foundation whose primary purpose is to help coaches, athletes and activities directors succeed in their programs, schools and communities.  

    Fundraising University is looking for talented individuals to join the team. Specifically, a Financial Controller, Operations Manager and Executive Assistant to founder, Mike Bahun

    Fundraising University is also looking for members to join the team in the North & West Suburbs of Chicago, North Dakota, Ohio, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Arizona & Georgia as well as Columbia, South Carolina and Charleston South Carolina

    Fundraising University is looking to add franchise owners as well as corporate sales reps who would like to transition into franchise ownership in the future.  They are looking for people who are self-starters, competitive, coachable, organized and can show empathy to the student athlete experience.

    To learn more about the opportunities available, please visit https://coachingmatters.org/join-our-mission 
     
    Fundraising University works to help you raise the most amount of money, in the least amount of time, with the least amount of interference, to support coaches and activities directors in enhancing the student experience and life-skill development that is a critical component of our educational system.

    Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leading mental performance coach and former high school athletic director works to educate, empower and energize you to be your best through his 10 pillars of mental performance mastery system.

    Together, Fundraising University and Brian Cain bring you interviews, question and answer sessions and group coaching opportunities around mastering mental performance, creating culture and developing the leadership skills you need to succeed as a coach, business owner and competitor.

    July 2022 marked the beginning of Coaching Matters Season #2.  As we transition into Season #2, starting on July 11, 2022 our Coaching Matters calls will be reserved for Coaching Matters Ambassadors, Fundraising University customers, Fundraising University employees & Franchise Owners. 

    To find out how to become a Coaching Matters Ambassador or Fundraising University Representative, please click this link https://coachingmatters.org/register-here 

    If you are a coach looking to master mental performance coaching, the missing link in your clients and athletes performance, join Brian’s MPM Coaches Insiders List and receive his best strategies for coaching mental performance and save $200 off his MPM Certification Course when it opens this May.
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    • 53 min
    Lessons Learned From A Lifetime of Coaching - Dave Serrano - Coaching Matters

    Lessons Learned From A Lifetime of Coaching - Dave Serrano - Coaching Matters

    In this episode Brian sits down with former UC Irvine, Cal State Fullerton and University of Tennessee Baseball Head Baseball Coach Dave Serrano to talk about lessons learned from a lifetime of coaching NCAA Baseball. 

    In this episode Dave shares strategies that you can use as a coach to grow yourself and your program.

    Dave was a part of leading 3 college world series programs to Omaha, The University of Tennessee and Cal State Fullerton as an assistant and UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton as a head coach. In this podcast he discusses:

    Doing Whatever It Takes To Pursue What You Love

    The Dangers of Pursuing Your DREAM vs. Being Where Your Feet Are

    Understand Who You Are, Where You Came From and Why You Do What You Do

    Being Grounded Is More Valuable Than Reaching For Bigger


    The ONE Book That Has Changed Coach Serrano’s Life - Heads Up Baseball


    Breathe, Control What You Can Control, Stay Present


    The Competition Between The Lines & In Life Is Real

    When You Know It’s No Longer About You

    How To Manage A High Stress Position SEC Coach


    The 3MS for Post Retirement That Dave Learned From Drew Brees

    Mastery - What To Do In Your Life

    Mentorship - What You Do When You Are Coaching

    Making A Difference - What To Do Post Retirement


    Advice For Young Dads…

    Work Life Balance vs. Work Life Integration

    Working The Process and Avoiding The Results Trap

    You Can Learn More About Coach Dave Serrano at DaveSerranoCoaching.com


    Family Always Comes First, Team Always Comes Second

    Don’t Let The Scoreboard Judge You

    Stand For What You Stand For, Don’t Let The Scoreboard Change You From Who You Are

    The Coaching Matters Group Coaching Program, Season #2 is brought to you by Fundraising University. Coaching Matters is a nonprofit foundation whose primary purpose is to help coaches, athletes and activities directors succeed in their programs, schools and communities.  

    Fundraising University works to help you raise the most amount of money, in the least amount of time, with the least amount of interference, to support coaches and activities directors in enhancing the student experience and life-skill development that is a critical component of our educational system.

    Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leading mental performance coach and former high school athletic director works to educate, empower and energize you to be your best through his 10 pillars of mental performance mastery system.

    Together, Fundraising University and Brian Cain bring you interviews, question and answer sessions and group coaching opportunities around mastering mental performance, creating culture and developing the leadership skills you need to succeed as a coach, business owner and competitor.

    July 2022 marked the beginning of Coaching Matters Season #2. As we transition into Season #2, starting on July 11, 2022 our Coaching Matters calls will be reserved for Coaching Matters Ambassadors, Fundraising University customers, Fundraising University employees & Franchise Owners. 

    To find out how to become a Coaching Matters Ambassador or Fundraising University Representative, please click this link https://coachingmatters.org/register-here 

    If you are a coach looking to master mental performance coaching, the missing link in your clients and athletes performance, join Brian’s MPM Coaches Insiders List and receive his best strategies for coaching mental performance and save $200 off his MPM Certification Course when it opens this fall.
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    • 55 min

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