Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain

E + R = O

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Nov 11, 2025
Discover the powerful E + R = O formula that emphasizes how controlling your responses can shape your outcomes. Explore real-life applications, including Urban Meyer’s influence on athletes and a high school player's inspiring comeback using a wristband. Learn how to shift from a victim mentality to actively creating the results you want. Get ready to dominate your mindset and transform challenges into successes with practical strategies and motivational insights.
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INSIGHT

Response Controls The Outcome

  • You cannot always control the event, but you can always control your response.
  • Controlling your response lets you influence the outcome instead of being a victim of circumstance.
ANECDOTE

Urban Meyer Used E+R=O Widely

  • Urban Meyer posted E+R=O everywhere with the message 'don't blame the E, master your O.'
  • He used this mindset while leading Florida and Ohio State to national championships.
ANECDOTE

Jack Canfield Endorses The Concept

  • Jack Canfield also includes event plus response equals outcome in his Success Principles.
  • Brian Cain cites Canfield among proponents of the E+R=O concept.
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