Brian Miles, CMPC

Lessons Learned by a Mental Performance Coach from a 162 Game Season (+ playoffs)

1️⃣ Endurance isn’t built by ease — it’s built by belief through adversity

2️⃣ The teams that talk through tension stay connected through chaos

3️⃣ You find out who you are when comfort leaves the room

4️⃣ The strongest teams endure together, not alone

5️⃣ Adversity reveals culture, not character

6️⃣ Fun is still the prerequisite to winning

It's been a few weeks since the season ended, and the reflections continue to pour in. Sometimes right before I go to bed, sometimes when I am driving the kids to school, sometimes as I am making dinner or doing dishes. The reflections on a season (whether in life or baseball) never really end, but below is one reflection l've loved leaning into about this season.

For those that don't know, each year at Spring Training for 45 days straight we ask anyone who comes into the Mental Performance office about their thoughts on the most important High Performance Traits. The picture at the bottom shows those traits from this years Spring Training. They were written by Major League players, Minor League players, Coaches, Coordinators, Trainers, S&C Coaches, Special Assistants and more.

Nobody in that small office in Goodyear, AZ knew what 2026 had in store for us when they picked up that marker. Not the players, not the coaches, not our MP team, not me. They were just describing what they believed it takes.

Then the season showed up and tested every single line written on that board.
Some of those traits got their moment in April, some in the middle of a rough stretch in the summer, and some when it mattered most in October. Across the year, all 10 had a turn to impact.

That is the coolest part about this process we do each Spring Training. The traits are written by our entire organization, and show up all season long.

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The power of the human mind 🧠

Proximity to outliers= 🧠 💪