The Brian Cain Mental Performance Mastery Podcast

Brian Cain, MPM
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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.

  1. 1d ago

    How to Coach Self-Control and Discipline as a Trainable Skill

    Self-control and discipline are not labels; they are skills coaches can train. Brian Cain breaks down the impulse–action gap, clear standards, habit loops, replacement behaviors, B=MAP, environmental design, progressive promises, and accountability. Your action item: choose one recurring unwanted behavior, map its cue and reward, then install a specific replacement response.

  2. Oct 25

    How to Build Unshakable Confidence

    Unshakable confidence is not the absence of nerves or doubt. It is trained trust in preparation, action, adjustment, and response. Brian Cain breaks down BFS, success checklists, confidence resumes, courage before confidence, specific practice, progressive pressure, and Recognize–Release–Refocus. Your action item: make confidence specific, assess BFS, and add one piece of preparation evidence to a confidence resume today.

  3. Oct 18

    How to Build Routines and Habits of Excellence in Your Athletes — Pillar 7

    Excellence is not built in the biggest moment—it is revealed there. In this episode, Brian Cain explains how coaches can turn consistency from a hope into a trainable process through Pillar #7 of the 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery: Routines & Habits of Excellence. You’ll learn the Hourglass model for flipping performance on and off, the difference between a routine and a superstition, how triggers and if-then plans make behavior repeatable, and why a complete routine includes preparation, present-moment execution, reflection, and recovery. Brian also shares sport-specific examples and a seven-day plan coaches can use immediately. Take the challenge: choose one performance moment, attach it to one clear trigger, define no more than three controllable actions, and train it for one week. Review each rep with Well–Better–How.

  4. Oct 12

    Motivation is a Skill, Not a Personality — Here's How to Coach It — Pillar 2

    Motivation is not a personality trait, and coaches should stop treating “unmotivated” as a final diagnosis. Brian Cain explains how action creates motivation, how commitment differs from emotion, and how B=MAP—Motivation, Ability, and Prompt—can make desired behavior easier to start and repeat. Your action item: choose one behavior, shrink the first step, attach a visible prompt, and track evidence for seven days.

  5. Oct 5

    How to Generate Buy-in From Your Athletes and Organization

    How do coaches generate real buy-in instead of temporary compliance? Brian Cain breaks down four stages of adoption, six Cs of leadership, problem-first coaching, bounded autonomy, early wins, peer proof, resistance, and organizational alignment. Your action item: identify one meaningful problem, choose one small tool, and create a one-week experiment that produces visible evidence.

  6. Sep 18

    The One Skill That Puts You In The Top 1% Of Coaches

    What skill separates the top one percent of coaches? The ability to intentionally and systematically teach athletes how to coach their own mind under pressure. Brian Cain breaks down curriculum, visible behaviors, integrated practice, personalization, the six Cs of leadership, athlete ownership, and measurement. Your action item: choose one mental skill, define what it looks like, and embed it into one normal practice drill this week.

  7. Sep 16

    How to Build a Championship Culture That Wins Year After Year

    In this podcast I break down Pillar #10—The Right Culture—and how to turn an abstract idea into daily, coachable behavior. You will learn: The three culture killersThe Team MVP processThe High Five ZoneEvidence-based accountabilityA seven-day culture reset. Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips, techniques, stories, and strategies that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be with The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast.   💻 Join Brian’s MPM Coaches Certification Insiders List & Save $200 👉Athlete or parent of an athlete? Join Brian’s exclusive one-on-one coaching program

  8. Sep 9

    How Olympic Medalists Refocus After a Mistake—and How to Train It

    Olympic medalists aren’t mistake-free. They’re trained to return. At the highest level, the margins are too small to spend the next thirty seconds competing with the last thirty seconds. The athletes who recover best know how to recognize what happened, release what no longer helps, and refocus on the next controllable action. In this episode, Brian Cain breaks down the Recognize–Release–Refocus system and explains how athletes and coaches can turn refocusing into a repeatable competitive skill. You’ll learn how to: Identify the personal “yellow-light” signals that show focus is beginning to drift Build a short release routine using a physical action, breath, focal point, and verbal cue Refocus with a final TIF—a clear Thought, Image, or Feeling Practice the routine under progressively increasing pressure Use imagery to rehearse recovering from mistakes, not just perfect performances Measure the speed and quality of an athlete’s return without confusing it with the next result Create consistent coaching language that supports the athlete in high-pressure moments The medalist mindset isn’t, “I’ll never make a mistake.” It’s, “Mistakes may happen, and I know how I’ll respond.” Brian Cain, MPM, the World’s leader in Mental Performance Coaching brings you practical tips,  techniques, stories, strategies, meditations and motivations every day that you can use to close the gap from where you are to where you want to be in elite performance. 💻 Coach? Join Brian’s MPM Coaches Certification Insiders List & Save $200 👉Athlete or parent of an athlete? Join Brian’s exclusive one-on-one coaching program

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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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