

Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain
BRIAN CAIN
Oftentimes, what separates truly elite performers from everyone else isn’t talent, luck, or connections—it’s preparation. In this podcast, listeners get to hear short, daily messages from one of the leading mental performance coaches in the world, Brian Cain.
For years, these 3-minute daily meditations, motivational messages, and mental performance tips were reserved for star athletes, corporate executives, and high-profile coaches. Now, they’re available to everyone through this daily podcast, helping you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
For years, these 3-minute daily meditations, motivational messages, and mental performance tips were reserved for star athletes, corporate executives, and high-profile coaches. Now, they’re available to everyone through this daily podcast, helping you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be.
Episodes
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Apr 29, 2022 • 5min
Down The Drain With Self-Doubt, Negativity and Fear
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset that he learned from UFC Champion and Hall of Famer Forrest Griffin about purging yourself from self-doubt, negativity and fear.
You can hear the full interview Brian did with Forrest on The Mental Performance Mastery Podcast by clicking here and you can watch the episode here.
Link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everyday-wisdom-with-ufc-champion-and-hall-of/id1499162056?i=1000543742069
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q9RD4A5Nf8
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 28, 2022 • 5min
The Next 200 Feet
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset that he shared with UFC Hall of Famer and World Champion Rich “ACE” Franklin, Ultimate Fighter Season 8 competitor and UFC veteran Eliot “The Fire” Marshall and UFC icon Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone about choosing to focus on The Next 200 Feet in front of you.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 27, 2022 • 4min
Start Fast, Finish Strong
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset he learned from working with the UFC all-time leader in wins, Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at UFC 160 vs. KJ Noons about starting fast and finishing strong.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 26, 2022 • 4min
Ultimate Effort Is Ultimate Victory
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset he learned at UFC 76 in Anaheim, CA with Keith “The Dean of Mean” Jardine about Ultimate Effort being Ultimate Victory.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 25, 2022 • 4min
Decisions or Sacrifices - Brian's Book Battalion #19
In this episode of The Mental Performance Daily Podcast, Brian discusses the important distinction between making decisions or sacrifices, a lesson he learned from working with former UFC World Champion Georges St-Pierre. Brian also continues his Book Battalion in which he breaks down one of his favorite books that he has read recently. Today he breaks down The Way of The Fight by Georges St-Pierre .
Areté -> Express your greatness.
Sacrifices vs. Decisions -> Big distinction.
Being Courageous -> Is a practice.
Crazy Dreams -> + Long journeys.
Dedication -> How’s yours?
Link: https://www.heroic.us/optimize/pn/the-way-of-the-fight-georges-st-pierre#dedication
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 24, 2022 • 12min
Sunday Meditation
In this Mental Performance Daily Sunday Meditation, Brian recaps the lessons from the week’s episodes so that you can revisit what you learned, embed it into your elite mindset and continue to grow into the best version of yourself through this guided mental imagery practice and meditation.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 23, 2022 • 5min
Work The Cut - Saturday Story
In this episode Brian shares one of his favorite stories of all time and previews the upcoming 2 week mini-seminar he will run on The MMA Mindset.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 22, 2022 • 7min
The 10 Pillars and Skeleton Files
In this episode Brian teaches you another memory technique, The Skeleton Files to help you memorize The 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
You can follow along with Brian’s 2022 reading schedule by clicking here.
Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qZ_3jqFJmt0bOP8ot08e-1SZIUJ-LJgGy-RJXmKkUT8/edit?usp=sharing
Join Brian Cain and his friends at Optimize/Heroic by getting their great 20 minute audio book summaries so you can follow along with Brian’s reading list and be a proud member of The Book Battalion. FREE when you join here as a member of the Mental Performance Daily Community
Link: http://optimize.me/cain
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 21, 2022 • 6min
The Memory Mansion
In this episode Brian teaches you another memory technique called The Memory Mansion.
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass

Apr 20, 2022 • 4min
Community Involvement - Cal Callaghan
In this episode Brian continues discussions on how building your community and inner circle can change your life with this one week challenge by Cal Callaghan. Brian discusses how this One Week Challenge fits within The 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery training system.
Links:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7cHB6AP6IRAXygmXFImhxz
https://www.amazon.com/10-Pillars-Mental-Performance-Mastery/dp/1724747940
Ryan “Cal” Callaghan is the director of conservation for MeatEater, Inc. An expert hunter, angler, and guide, he can be seen putting his talents to use on the NETFLIX hit series MeatEater. Cal can also be heard on the podcast Cal’s week in Review. You can see more of his work at MeatEater.com and by following him on Instagram @olcal406.
On the latest episode of One Week Challenge, Cal Callaghan explains why you should consider contacting your local politician, give them a compliment on doing a job well done at what they've done that you like and for you to then educate your elected official on what your needs are because elected officials are there to represent you and your community.
One Week Challenge is presented by the tactical and fitness apparel brand Ten Thousand. Ten Thousand makes the highest quality, best-fitting, and most comfortable training shorts in the game.
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwjFQFKfzIY
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 with The Mental Performance Daily Podcast.
Be sure to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review for a chance to win a FREE 1-1 coaching session with Brian each month and engage with Brian on social media @BrianCainPeak
Be sure to join Brian’s email list at BrianCain.com/join so that you can stay updated and in the know when it comes to mental performance training and opportunities to work with Brian.
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 in May and November.
Link: https://briancain.com/certification
Want to take your coaching to the next level? Join Brian and The Coaching Matters Foundation every other monday night for a FREE one hour group coaching session. Join today at BrianCain.com/coaching-matters
Are you a coach? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Coaching Mental Performance
Link: https://briancain.com/coach-offer
Are you an athlete? Join Brian’s FREE 3 Day Mini Course on Mental Performance for Athletes
Link: https://briancain.com/athlete-offer
Are you a golfer or golf coach? Join Brian’s FREE Golf Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/golf-masterclass-registration
Are you a baseball player or coach join Brian’s FREE Baseball Masterclass
Link: https://briancain.com/baseball-mpm-masterclass


