In this episode of the Mental Performance Mastery Podcast, Brian Cain sits down with Charlie Smith, MPM for a powerful conversation on identity, confidence, and how elite performers train their mind to win—before performance ever begins.

This episode is all about flipping the script:Stop taking your identity from what you do… and start bringing your identity to what you do.

Charlie shares how he works with elite performers—from USA Rugby, top college quarterbacks and Academy Award winners—to build unshakable confidence, resilience, and a rock-solid self-image.

If you’re looking to close the gap between where you are and where you want to be—in sport and in life—this episode gives you the tools to do it starting today.

• Know Who You Are – Define your identity at your best

• Your Self-Image Drives Performance – You don’t outperform your self-concept

• You Become What You Think About Most – The foundation of Psycho-Cybernetics

• Build Guardrails – Flip negative patterns into affirmative standards

• Identity → Behaviors → Results – Lock in 2–3 behaviors that reflect your best self

• Inner Critic vs. Inner Champion – Train the voice that drives performance

• Conscious vs. Subconscious Mind – Understand what’s really running the show

• Acting “As If” – Step into the identity before results show up

• Rewire Negativity Bias – Your brain is wired for safety, not greatness

• Stop Comparison & Destination Disease – Win where your feet are

• Condition Confidence Daily – Happiness and confidence are trained skills

• Own Your Thinking – You’re not responsible for your first thought—but you are for your thinking

• Thinking vs. Thought – Who’s really in control?

• 3 “Do Wells” – Build confidence by stacking wins

• Shift Self-Talk – From “I am” to “You are” to create separation and objectivity

• Reframe the Negative – “I suck” becomes “I’m improving” or “this needs work”

• My Life, My Pen – Take ownership of your story

If you’re serious about mastering your mindset and building real, lasting confidence, this is an episode you’ll want to come back to again and again.

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