PODCAST: Dr. Rob Gilbert – The Life Changing Power of Story Telling
Dr. Rob Gilbert is a friend, mentor and the creator of the Success Hotline. References to his show are common among the athletes who are guests—and for good reason. Success Hotline is so popular among everyone from athletes to CEOs because it’s simple, concise messages manage to both inspire listeners and equip them with knowledge and insights into success, leadership, motivation, overcoming adversity and more.
PODCAST: Donene Taylor – The Heart and Mindset Skills of a Rodeo World Champion
For more than 20 years, today’s guest Donene Taylor has been a member of the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association. In 2016, at the age of 52, she took the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association World Champion Tie Down Calf Roper title and is a 4-time WPRA Mountain States Circuit Champion Tie Down Calf Roper.
But, in addition to her impressive list of accolades, Donene is also a sought-after speaker, and is the author of the book “Heart of a Champion Proven Strategies to Help You Discover the Heart of a Champion That Beats Within You” which outlines the mental performance techniques she used to achieve her goals–and explains how you can achieve yours as well.
PODCAST: John “The Bull” Makdessi – Success strategies from an MPM certified coach and veteran UFC fighter
John Makdessi is a veteran of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and is also a MPM trained athlete and MPM Certified Coach. I’ve had the privilege of working with John for the better part of his professional fighting career and in this podcast shares the MPM strategies he uses inside the cage as a fighter and outside as a coach.
The goal-setting “secret” top-performing coaches use to make big goals feel achievable
The Mountain of Excellence is a symbolic concept often used in sports. The summit of the mountain represents your goal while the mountain represents the obstacle(s) one must conquer to reach it. The most interesting part of this analogy is this: While we all dream of what life will be like when we reach the… Read More
Creating a culture of mental toughness – The ECU Pirate’s Mission
Cliff Godwin is the head baseball coach at East Carolina University and one of the top coaches in all of NCAA athletics. Godwin worked as an assistant under two national championship winning coaches in Tim Corbin at Vanderbilt and under Paul Manari at LSU. He also was instrumental as an assistant coach in leading Ole… Read More
Here’s what’s possible with the MPM Certification: 7 Coaches share their experiences…
I created the Mental Performance Mastery Certification with one goal: To give you the tools, knowledge, and resources you need to help your clients or athletes master the mental game so they can consistently perform their best, overcome any obstacle, and stay focused under pressure.
PODCAST: Alan McDougal – Coaching Mental Performance In Baseball and Creating The Right Culture
Alan McDougal, MPM is the head baseball coach at Colleyville Heritage High School in Colleyville, TX. He led the Panthers to the 2019 Texas 5A State Championship and earned his team a #1 National Raking in all of High School Baseball. In that 2019 Season, one of Alan’s players, Bobby Witt Jr. (Pictured on the… Read More
The 10 mental performance skills every athlete must master for peak performance
As a three-sport standout athlete and captain in high school, I thought I was prepared for success in collegiate athletics. Man was I wrong. I quickly realized the meaning of the phrase, “Big fish in a small pond.” Graduating high school with a class of just 89 students may have skewed my reality when it… Read More
The ABC’s of elite performance: Stop focusing on the outcome—and start optimizing the process
“Becoming a champion is not an easy process… It is done by focusing on what it takes to get there and not on getting there” Nick Saban, Head Football Coach, The University of Alabama The society we live in is a results-driven society. As a coach, your job is likely in jeopardy if you don’t… Read More
High-Performance Routines: Help athletes lock in focus and perform their best when it matters most
You can know all the right information, but if you do not put it into ACTION—what good does it do for you? The purpose of any routine is to build more trust, consistency, and confidence in performance. Think about those three things for a minute. These are concepts of athletic performance often glossed over. But… Read More
Train the pause to help athletes power through adversity with poise and discipline
In 1972 a plane carrying 45 people, including a Uruguayan rugby team and their families and friends, crashed into Andes mountains. Twenty-nine people survived the crash. A few days later, an avalanche took 8 more lives when it flooded their makeshift shelter. Search parties from three countries looked for the missing plane, but the search… Read More
My #1 strategy for building unshakeable focus during competition
There was only one thought running through my mind: Put one foot in front of the other and just keep moving. My feet hurt. My back hurt. Everything hurt. Here I was, running the Lighthouse 100-mile run in Northern Michigan (no, that’s not a typo — 100 miles!). Under my own free will. No gun… Read More
