Mental Performance Daily with Brian Cain

Oftentimes, what separates truly elite performers from everyone else isn’t talent, luck or connections, it’s preparation. In this new podcast, listeners get to hear short, daily messages from one of the leading mental performance coaches in the world. For years, these 3-minute daily meditations, motivational messages and mental performance tips have been reserved for star athletes, leading corporate executives and high-profile coaches, but now Brian Cain is bringing these messages to everyone through a daily podcast.


Brian Cain is one of the world’s leading mental performance coaches and has worked with leading professional athletes in the UFC, MLB, NHL,NBA, NFL, PGA, as well as coaches and NCAA and Olympic programs. He regularly works with Fortune 500 executives and companies including John Paul Mitchell Systems, Whirlpool, Fuddruckers and Burton Snowboards, and he is a sought-after speaker and the bestselling author of several books about optimizing your mental performance. An avid Ironman Triathlete and 100 Mile Ultra Marathoner, Brian practices what he preaches and is a living example of the power his “The 10 Pillars of Mental Performance Mastery.”


With Mental Performance Daily, listeners can close the gap between what each day has in store and what they're truly capable of achieving. 

Society & Culture
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The One Thing Olympians Have That You Need To S...
In this episode Brian continues his 5 day mini seminar on mental performance coaching and shares insight into the one thing that olympians have that you need to succeed as a coach and athlete.
4 min
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Getting Buy In From Those You Lead
In this episode Brian starts a 5 Day Mini Seminar on Mental Performance Coaching. Today he fields a question about 1. strategies to connect with younger athletes (13-15 yo and below) and getting them to "buy in” or “try” mental performance?
6 min
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Building A Navy SEAL Mindset - Book Battalion #21
In this episode of The Mental Performance Daily Podcast, Brian 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 SEAL by Mark Devine.
5 min
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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.
12 min
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Everything Happens Twice
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and talks about an unexpected knockout of the night and a 50K bonus largely due to the fact that everything happens twice.
4 min
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Are You Open To Learning?
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses what impressed him about working with UFC World Champion Michael “The Count” Bisping.
4 min
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Principle Over Preference
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses the life lesson he learned from UFC World Champion Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort.
3 min
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Even The Best Need Coaches
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses the importance of having a coach.
4 min
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The Best Fighter Never Wins
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset that he shared with UFC Hall of Famer and Georges St-Pierre about understanding the process and fighting your fight.
3 min
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You Win or You Learn - Brian’s Book Battalion #20
In this episode of The Mental Performance Daily Podcast, Brian continues his Book Battalion in which he breaks down one of his favorite books that he has read recently. Today he breaks down Win or Learn by John Kavanagh.
3 min
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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.
11 min
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Release Your Mental Brick
In this episode Brian continues his MMA Mindset mini-seminar and discusses a mindset that he shared with UFC Champion and Hall of Famer Georges “Rush” St-Pierre about releasing your mental bricks.
9 min
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Down The Drain With Self-Doubt, Negativity and ...
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.
4 min
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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.
4 min
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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.
3 min
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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.
3 min
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Decisions or Sacrifices - Brian's Book Battalio...
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.
4 min
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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.
12 min
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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.
5 min
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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.
6 min
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The Memory Mansion
In this episode Brian teaches you another memory technique called The Memory Mansion.
5 min
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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.
4 min
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Memorizing Your ABC of Success
In this episode Brian teaches you one of his favorite memory techniques and how you can use this technique to make you more successful.
4 min
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Why Do You Wake Up In The Morning? - Brian's Bo...
In this episode of The Mental Performance Daily Podcast, Brian continues his Book Battalion in which he breaks down one of his favorite books that he has read recently. Today he breaks down lessons learned from Black Hole Focus by Isaiah Hankel, PH.D.
4 min
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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.
11 min