Body language doesn’t stop when the game ends. In this episode, mental performance coach Steve Pinkston connects the lessons of posture, presence, and emotional control from sports into classrooms, careers, relationships, and leadership. Learn how the same habits that create confidence in competition also shape respect, trust, and influence in everyday life.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Walk into rooms on purpose. Head up. Shoulders back. You belong there.
2. Slow your reactions. Pause before responding. That pause is power.
3. Sit like you’re engaged. Your posture tells people how seriously you take things.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

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Anybody can look confident when they’re fresh. This episode is about what happens when you’re tired. Mental performance coach Steve Pinkston challenges athletes to confront the moment when body language breaks down under fatigue—and shows how elite performers train posture, presence, and composure when it matters most: late in games, under pressure, when excuses are easy.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Practice posture late. Last drill. Last rep. That’s where you lock it in.
2. Hold presence accountable. Not just effort. Not just execution. Posture counts.
3. Use fatigue as a cue. The more tired you feel, the more intentional your body language becomes

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

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• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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Leadership isn’t about volume—it’s about presence. In this episode, mental performance coach Steve Pinkston talks directly to athletes about how body language becomes leadership in pressure moments. Learn how posture, stillness, and composure communicate trust, confidence, and control—and why teammates follow the athlete who looks steady when chaos hits.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Own your posture in chaotic moments. Bad call? Tall posture. Momentum swing? Same posture.
2. Reduce extra movement. Extra motion usually means lost control.
3. Make eye contact. With teammates. With the huddle. That says, “I’m here.”

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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Energy is good. Emotional swings are not. In this episode, mental performance coach Steve Pinkston challenges athletes to rethink hype, emotion, and confidence. Learn why elite performers train neutrality—not positivity—and how body language that stays steady under pressure becomes a competitive advantage when the game gets tight.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Same body, every play. Make or miss — look identical.
2. Control your movement. Extra motion usually means extra emotion.
3. Breathe on purpose. Slow breath = steady body = clear mind.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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Mistakes are inevitable. Spirals are optional. In this episode, mental performance coach Steve Pinkston talks straight to athletes about the most revealing moment in sports: what you do after the mistake. Learn how body language either stops the bleeding or pours gasoline on it—and how elite performers train physical resets that protect confidence, momentum, and trust when pressure hits.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Build a physical reset. Not mental. Physical. Clap your hands. Deep breath. Chin up. Eyes forward.

Pick one. Use it every time.

1. Practice the reset in training. After every miss. Every turnover. Don’t wait for games to figure this out.
2. Judge yourself by reaction speed. How fast can you look the same again? That’s growth.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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Before you say a word, you’re already competing.

In this episode, mental performance coach Steve Pinkston breaks down why body language is performance—and how your posture, presence, and reactions shape confidence, trust, and momentum before the game even starts. Learn how elite athletes use body language to stay steady under pressure and why the way you carry yourself can be the difference between folding early and finishing strong.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Fix your default posture. Chest tall. Chin neutral. Eyes up. That’s home base. Always.
2. Own the space between plays. Jog with purpose. Stand like you belong. That’s where confidence is built or lost.
3. Catch the leaks. Hands on hips. Head drops. Eye rolls. Those are habits — and habits can be trained out.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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The Bible doesn’t call us to live in yesterday or control tomorrow—it calls us to be faithful today. In this episode, Coach connects focus, awareness, and W.I.N. to Scripture, showing how present-moment living builds spiritual resilience, trust, and peace—even in adversity. Faith, like performance, is lived one moment at a time.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Start Each Day With W.I.N. Ask: “God, what’s important for me today?”
2. When Anxiety Shows Up, Come Back to Now You don’t need tomorrow’s strength today.

“Therefore do not worry about tomorrow…” — Matthew 6:34

1. Be Faithful in the Moment You’re Given That’s where God does His work.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

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Pressure doesn’t stop when the game ends. School, work, relationships, leadership, parenting—life is full of moments that demand focus under stress. In this episode, Coach bridges the focus and awareness skills learned in sport into everyday life, showing how W.I.N. and present-moment awareness help people stay steady, make better decisions, and avoid self-sabotage when it matters most.

Today’s Action Step:

1. Use W.I.N. Outside of Sport When things feel heavy, ask it. Out loud if you need to.
2. Notice Your Yellow Lights Body tension. Tone of voice. Racing thoughts.

That’s your cue—not your failure.

1. Choose the Next Right Action Not perfect. Not forever. Just now.

About Today Matters Today Matters is your 2–4 minute daily boost of motivation for athletes, parents, and coaches. Hosted by Coach Steve Pinkston, each episode delivers a simple mental performance strategy to help you win the day.

Learn More & Work with Coach Pinkston 👉 CoachPinkston.com for strategies, skills, and drills to improve your mental performance.

• 1-on-1 Coaching Programs
• Team Consulting
• Leadership Development
• Sign up for the Trust The Process Newsletter, so you can wake up every Monday morning to a message that will motivate you all week.

Stay Connected Instagram: @Mental.Strength.Coach X: @CoachPinkston Facebook: Steve Pinkston

Enjoying the Show? Share this episode with someone who needs a lift today. And don’t forget to hit Follow so you never miss your daily motivation.