Chris Mance II - Mental Skills Coach

I often do a poor job communicating what I do for clients as a mental skills and mindset coach. Unquestionably, the reason for this is because I often fail to simplify what I do.

My pitch typically goes into far too many details. I start off by describing the process of how I assess strengths, personality type, and mindset orientation. Then I describe how I use these assessments to help clients create a plan with a vision, goals, and goal progression action items.

To complicate things even further, I end by explaining that all of this will go into a custom “playbook” I will create for them. This playbook is a mental skills “how to guide” unique to the client’s strengths and personality type. It’s a “crown jewel” for clients, as it shows them specifically how to use their mental skills on an ongoing basis to overcome challenges as they pursue and live out their vision.

As I explain all these things, I think it sounds compelling coming out of my mouth or when I write it. As a person who comes from an engineering and consulting background, I have come to believe that more details are better. However, the truth is most people only want the details after they understand the big picture. Getting thousands of Lego pieces without seeing the picture on the box is an exercise in futility.

The Big Picture of Mental Skills and Mindset Coaching

So, here is the big picture of how I help clients in two statements.

1. I help my clients see who they can become.
2. I support my clients in the process of becoming that person.

My coaching programs are setup to achieve these two specific goals. I support this process by helping clients build mental skills in 1 or more of 10 mental focus areas, based on their needs:

1. Improving mental toughness by directing one’s focus on the process of competing and training instead of the outcome.
2. Instinctively having positive/neutral thoughts and emotions instead of negative thoughts and emotions.
3. Building one’s confidence by eliminating worries about unrealistic expectations and directing focus on high but attainable expectations.
4. Identifying and having a process to get to one’s optimal level of intensity.
5. Having a meaningful “why” for everything one does.
6. Strategically using both real-time and post competition feedback to improve one’s approach.
7. Exhibiting self-awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses and then utilizing the strengths to overcome the weaknesses.
8. Establishing a source of self-worth and self-esteem that is task oriented and not ego oriented.
9. Consistent use of routines.
10. Clarifying goals to direct focus on the most important things and avoid distractions.

Contact me here to learn more about how I can help you, your family, or your team.