Official Living in the Zone Podcast

How to Stop Settling and Start Creating the Life You Deserve

Are you creating the life you want—or settling for the one you’ve got?
In this episode of Living in the Zone, mental performance coach Jim Fannin challenges you to examine your mindset:Are you a pioneer, boldly carving new paths?Or a settler, stuck in routine, avoiding risk, and living beneath your potential?
🧠 This is about movement vs. stagnation. Vision vs. comfort. Growth vs. status quo.
🎧 Full episode now on Spotify →👉 https://open.spotify.com/show/1i43PiIaNcaeDyB55SwDvi
🏆 In the Zone This Week:🔥 Baker Mayfield – Rewriting his own story. He’s no longer settling for journeyman status—he’s pioneering a new leadership identity on and off the field.🔥 MLB & WNBA Attendance – Both leagues are breaking attendance records. New fan experiences, new voices, and new energy are driving the growth. Pioneering what’s possible.
#LivingInTheZone #JimFannin #SCORESystem #PioneerMindset #BakerMayfield #MLBAttendance #WNBAAttendance #ChampionMindset #MentalPerformance #TrainYourBrain #PersonalGrowth #MindsetShift #StopSettling #GetInTheZone #PerformanceBreakthrough #VisionDriven

Stop Wasting Energy | How to Elevate, Direct, and Protect Your Mental Power

Your energy is either working for you—or leaking away from you.
In this episode of Living in the Zone, mental performance coach Jim Fannin explains how to elevate your energy, protect it, and most importantly, send it out with intention. Whether you’re entering a meeting, a game, or a crucial conversation—how you say hello and goodbye matters.
This week’s conversation is all about intentional energy direction—how elite performers own their presence and how you can too.
🔥 In the Zone This Week:
Trevor Lawrence – Leading the Jaguars with energy, confidence, and focused presence. His body language and calm control set the tone.
Adrien Dumont de Chassart – Back-to-back 61s to earn his PGA Tour card. A clinic on channeling energy into rhythm, not pressure.
🧊 Not in the Zone This Week:
Jerry Jones – His off-field antics show reactive, scattered energy—sending the wrong signals to his organization.
Jonathan Gannon – Physical outburst toward a player after a mistake. Losing emotional control = sending toxic energy out.
#LivingInTheZone #JimFannin #SCORESystem #EnergyLeadership #ZoneHello #ZoneGoodbye #MentalPerformance #TrevorLawrence #AdrienDumontdeChassart #JerryJones #JonathanGannon #TrainYourBrain #EmotionalDiscipline #GetInTheZone #ChampionMindset #PerformanceUnderPressure #SendYourEnergy #AthleteMindset

The First Mental Step Out of Depression (Most People Miss This)

Mental performance coach Jim Fannin addresses one of the most difficult and real experiences in life: depression.
From lossof motivation to overwhelming emotional fatigue, depression robs you of your clarity, identity, and momentum. But there is a way forward. And it starts with just one shift.
🏆 In the Zone This Week:🔥 Patrick Mahomes – The definition of resilience and consistency. He’s leading from the front and keeping his team locked in.🔥 Cincinnati Reds & Cleveland Guardians – Both teams made the playoffs after seasons of ups and downs. They stayed in the fight. They believed.💬 They’re not just winning games—they’re winning the mental battle.
 
🧊 Not in the Zone:❄️ Tennessee Titans – A team stuck in emotional quicksand. Playing reactive instead of proactive football.❄️ Cam Ward’s recent comments – Mentally disconnected and not aligned with his leadership moment.❄️ New York Mets – Missed the playoffs. Loaded roster. Zero rhythm. The pressure never turned into momentum.
 
#LivingInTheZone #JimFannin #SCORESystem #Depression #MentalPerformance #TrainYourBrain #PatrickMahomes #CincinnatiReds #ClevelandGuardians #NewYorkMets #CamWard #TennesseeTitans #PerformanceUnderPressure #ChampionMindset #GetInTheZone #EmotionalResilience #ThoughtManagement

Are Your Surroundings Sabotaging Your Confidence? | Fix Your "Seeables"

Your mind is influenced by everything you see—every day.That’s the power of “seeables.” From cluttered desks to chaotic sidelines, what’s in your line of sight either supports your performance… or breaks your mental rhythm.
Mental performance coach Jim Fannin breaks down the overlooked—but critical—concept of seeables and how top performers use visual cues to create calm, control, and consistency.
🎯 When your environment is messy, your thoughts follow.🧠 When your visuals are intentional, so is your mindset.
🎧 Full episode on Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/1i43PiIaNcaeDyB55SwDvi
🏆 In the Zone This Week:🔥 Caleb Williams & the Bears – Visual leadership, composure, and momentum-building energy on the sidelines. The presence is real.🔥 Minnesota Vikings Defense – Disciplined, alert, and fully locked in. Playing with vision and intent.
🧊 Not in the Zone:❄️ Atlanta Falcons – Shutout loss. Offense couldn’t find rhythm, no visual or mental clarity.❄️ Green Bay Packers – Lost in the 4th quarter again. Momentum vanished, body language collapsed, and focus faded.
#LivingInTheZone #JimFannin #SCORESystem #MentalClarity #TrainYourBrain #MentalDiscipline #PerformanceEnvironment #CalebWilliams #ChicagoBears #MinnesotaVikings #IsaiahRodgers #AtlantaFalcons #GreenBayPackers #GetInTheZone #ThoughtManagement #PeakPerformance #ChampionMindset

How to Stay Positive in a World Full of Negativity | Walking the Gauntlet

Every day, you walk through a mental gauntlet of negativity.Social media. News. Group chats. Fear. Doubt. Drama.
In this episode of Living in the Zone, mental performance coach Jim Fannin tackles one of the biggest challenges of modern life: How to stay focused, optimistic, and in control when negativity is everywhere.
🧠 Learn how to walk through the gauntlet without absorbing it, how to influence those around you with positivity, and how the S.C.O.R.E.® System gives you the tools to create peace in the chaos.
🔥 In the Zone This Week:
Baker Mayfield – Game-winning drive. Calm, collected, and fully in command. Didn’t flinch through the noise.
Daniel Jones – Reinventing his game and showing mental toughness and growth after early setbacks.
Barbara Israel (ZoneCoach® Client) – Won her senior club championship at 79 years old. A masterclass in mindset, preparation, and belief.
🧊 Not in the Zone:
The Chicago Bears – Let’s be honest... does anyone know what’s going on? No direction. No clarity. No leadership rhythm. Relevance seems like a distant goal.
#LivingInTheZone #MentalPerformance #NegativityGauntlet #PositivityInfluencer #JimFannin #SCORESystem #BakerMayfield #DanielJones #BarbaraIsrael #ChicagoBears #ChampionMindset #TrainYourBrain #GetInTheZone #MentalDiscipline #EmotionalResilience #MindsetMatters #PerformanceUnderPressure

Mastering Momentum | How Champions Ride, Regain & Control the Flow

Momentum is real—and the best in the world know how to use it.In this episode of Living in the Zone, mental performance coach Jim Fannin breaks down one of the most powerful, misunderstood forces in sports and life: momentum.From game-winning drives to season-defining collapses, momentum is either working for you—or against you. Learn how top performers build it, protect it, regain it, and use it to crush pressure and fuel peak performance.
🏆 In the Zone This Week:
Josh Allen & the Buffalo Bills – Locked in, leading with rhythm, fire, and focus. A team in sync with its momentum.
Alex Cora – 600 wins as Red Sox manager. A master of in-game momentum control and player psychology.
J.J. McCarthy & the Vikings – Adjusted late and executed when it mattered most. Proof that mental composure fuels momentum turnarounds.
🧊 Not in the Zone This Week:
Chicago Sports (especially the Bears) – Across multiple teams, momentum swings into panic. From poor execution to leadership misfires, Chicago’s energy is scattered, not strategic.
🎯 If you’ve ever felt momentum shift—and didn’t know how to stop the slide—this episode is for you.The Zone thrives on rhythm. The best don’t chase it—they create it.
#LivingInTheZone #MomentumMatters #JimFannin #SCORESystem #JoshAllen #BuffaloBills #AlexCora #JJMcCarthy #MinnesotaVikings #ChicagoBears #ChicagoSports #MentalPerformance #GetInTheZone #TrainYourBrain #ChampionMindset #FlowState #MentalDiscipline #PerformanceUnderPressure

Visualize to Win | How to Frame Your Day Like a Champion

The best performers don’t leave their day to chance. Rather, they visualize it into reality. Jim Fannin breaks down how to frame your day with purpose and visualize performance before it happens—and after. From the moment you wake up to the second your head hits the pillow, your mindset matters. 🧠 Jim shares how world-class athletes and high-achievers use the S.C.O.R.E.® System to start each day with optimism, perform with clarity, and mentally adjust through visualization to improve and evolve. 🏆 In the Zone This Week: Francisco Lindor – Batting .350 in August. He’s seeing the game before it happens and executing with confidence. Illinois Men’s Golf – 3 preseason All-Americans and a top-10 national ranking. This team has mentally prepared for success before the season even started. Florida State Football – Defeated Alabama with composure and belief. They clearly visualized victory and played like they’d already seen it happen. 🧊 Not in the Zone This Week: Alabama Football – Unprepared for Florida State’s confidence. A lack of mental focus and game awareness cost them. Coco Gauff – A tough US Open exit shows mental lapses in key moments, breaking her flow. . . . 💥 Master the Mental Game | Train Your Mind for Peak Performance ZoneCoach® helps athletes, leaders, and high achievers master their mental game and unlock consistent peak performance. More than motivation, our coaching builds elite focus, discipline, resilience, and clarity—so you can perform at your best under pressure. At the core of our method is the S.C.O.R.E.® System, a science-based mental performance framework created by world-renowned coach Jim Fannin. Trusted by champions in sports, business, and life, it’s the only proven system to access the Zone state—where confidence, clarity, and calm align.

Intuition: The Mental Edge You’re Ignoring

Intuition is the hidden superpower of peak performers. Jim Fannin breaks down how the world’s best athletes and leaders rely on intuition, how it's not guesswork but trained instinct, and how you can strengthen your own intuitive edge. 🧠 Intuition isn't magic. It's the result of mental clarity, trust, and preparation. Jim shares how the S.C.O.R.E.® System helps performers quiet mental noise so their instincts can take over in high-stakes moments.
💥 Master the Mental Game | Train Your Mind for Peak Performance ZoneCoach® helps athletes, leaders, and high achievers master their mental game and unlock consistent peak performance. More than motivation, our coaching builds elite focus, discipline, resilience, and clarity—so you can perform at your best under pressure. At the core of our method is the S.C.O.R.E.® System, a science-based mental performance framework created by world-renowned coach Jim Fannin. Trusted by champions in sports, business, and life, it’s the only proven system to access the Zone state—where confidence, clarity, and calm align.
 
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