The Mindset U Playbook
The Mindset U Playbook isn’t just about baseball; it’s about building a complete athlete and a complete person. Every episode dives into the habits, mental tools, and daily decisions that separate good players from great ones, and great players from great human beings.
Here, we explore the things that rarely make the highlight reel: discipline, mindset, leadership, recovery, focus, confidence, and the character it takes to thrive when the game ends and real life begins.
You’ll hear stories from athletes, coaches, and high performers who’ve learned that success isn’t built on talent alone; it’s built in the quiet hours, in the routines nobody sees, and in the way you handle the challenges life throws your way.
Whether you’re a youth athlete, a parent, a coach, or simply someone chasing your next level, The MindsetU Playbook gives you the game plan to win on the field and in life.
Because what happens off the field shapes everything on it.
The Mindset U Playbook
# 75 - Coach Curtis - You HAVE to listen to this before any new goals are created
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.