The Mindset U Playbook
The Mindset U Playbook isn’t about baseball.
Baseball is just the entry point.
This is about building a person who can actually carry pressure, handle reality, and perform when it matters. On the field, in business, and in life.
Every episode breaks down what most people avoid.
Discipline. Standards. Emotional control. Decision-making under pressure.
Not the highlight reel. The stuff that determines who you become when nobody’s watching.
We get into the real gap.
The one between what you know and what you actually do.
Because talent isn’t the separator. Behaviour is.
And you won’t just hear it from me.
We bring in athletes, coaches, doctors, and high performers who are in it, not talking about it.
People doing real work, dealing with real pressure, making real decisions.
No theory for the sake of sounding smart.
Just lived experience, hard lessons, and what actually holds up when things get difficult.
This is for athletes, parents, coaches, and anyone who knows they’re capable of more but keeps hitting the same ceiling.
No hype. No shortcuts.
Just a system for showing up properly, consistently, across every area of your life.
Because what you do off the field isn’t separate.
It’s the whole game.
The Mindset U Playbook
# 75 - Coach Curtis - You HAVE to listen to this before any new goals are created
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This is the first solo episode of 2026.
And it’s not a hype talk.
If you’re setting goals right now
or you’ve already started making changes
this episode is meant to catch you before motivation fades.
Because most people don’t fail at change due to laziness or lack of discipline.
They fail because they misunderstand how change actually works.
In this episode, we go deep into the psychology, behavior, and identity behind real transformation.
We talk about why you don’t add your way to change.
You unbecome your way there.
Why repairing energy leaks matters more than stacking habits.
Why fixing your nervous system matters more than forcing discipline.
Why silence and space are the parts people skip and why that’s where growth actually stabilizes.
We break down survival mode and why so many high-functioning people work their entire lives just to stay alive, never learning how to actually live.
We unpack the lie that growth must always be painful
and walk through the four pillars of real change
physical
emotional
mental
spiritual
and why focusing on only one, especially the physical, leads to burnout, relapse, or identity collapse.
You’ll hear a real example of a common goal like “less screen time”
and why vague goals fail
how to set realistic paths instead of fantasy expectations
and how habits like scrolling are rarely about discipline and almost always about what we’re avoiding or chasing.
This episode is about peace.
About space.
About learning how to sit without urgency.
About knowing who you are without achievement, performance, or noise.
It’s not about quitting ambition.
It’s about removing the chaos that keeps ambition hollow.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly chasing the next version of yourself
if stillness makes you uncomfortable
if success hasn’t brought the calm you expected
this episode will land.
This isn’t about becoming someone new.
It’s about shedding who you no longer are
and learning how to live from choice instead of survival.