Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain Be The Bean
Dec 13, 2025
Dive into a classic parable where boiling water transforms an egg, a carrot, and a coffee bean. Discover the powerful lesson that challenges us to be like the coffee bean—shaping our environment rather than letting it shape us. Brian Cain shares insights on resilience and the impact of mindset, encouraging listeners to dominate their day with practical strategies and motivational tips. Get ready to influence your surroundings and elevate your performance!
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Egg, Carrot, Coffee Bean Parable
- Brian Cain tells a classroom story with an egg, a carrot, and a coffee bean placed in boiling water to illustrate different responses to the same environment.
- The egg hardened, the carrot softened, and the coffee bean transformed the water into coffee to show how objects react differently to pressure.
Be The Bean: Actively Impact Your Environment
- Don't let external events, weather, results, or other people change who you are; bring your identity to what you do.
- Be the coffee bean: show up to serve, impact others, and change the environment rather than being changed by it.
Identity Is Something You Bring
- Identity should be something you bring to tasks rather than something you take from outcomes or roles.
- Maintaining internal identity lets you influence others and environments instead of being molded by them.
