17 Dec 2025 · 0 min
Brian Cain says depression is obsession with the past, anxiety is obsession about the future, and peak performance is obsession about the present. The episode asks what you're obsessed about right now and why focusing on now matters.
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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another Heroic one. Not too long ago, we spent some time with my friend Brian Cain, who happens to be, in my opinion, at least tied for first as the world's best mental toughness coach. One line from his 10 pillars of mental performance mastery has been popping up in my brain, and I want to make sure we take a moment to chat about it. Here it is, Brian tells us via Coach Kenny in his fable. Remember, depression is obsession with the past, anxiety is obsession about the future, and optimal performance is obsession about the present. Let's think about that for a moment. Depression is obsession about the past, anxiety is obsession about the future. Optimal performance that requires an obsession with the present. Of course, that's a deliberately hyperbolic oversimplification of depression and anxiety. And it's a powerful perspective. And all of which begs the question, what are you obsessed about these days? I repeat, remember, depression is obsession with the past, anxiety is obsession with the future, and optimal performance is obsession about the present. Here's to activating our soul force by getting our energy to heroic levels and focusing it on what's important now. All day, every day. Especially, as always today, anxiety and depression be gone. Optimal performance. Let's go.
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