April 6, 2012
Mark and team,

Here’s to let you know that I really enjoyed to podcast-broadcast last night. It was informative, inspirational and had an overall good feel to it. Thanks for doing this stuff and bring it into the world to know and use.

Greetings,

The Netherlands

Bart van Broekhoven, Unbeatable Mind Member

April 4, 2012
Mark,

Quick note of thanks and another example of how the work you are doing is truly impacting lives.

I signed up for UM right around the the time it became clear I was getting a divorce. Being a father of three under the age of 7 and the sole income earner for my family, the prospect of an eight year marriage ending coupled with the reality that I will now only be seeing my children on a part time basis was a daunting one. I joined UM in hopes that I would be able to access another tool in my arsenal to assist with dealing what would surely be a tough run.

My expectations were exceeded. A serious dedication to UM has truly enabled me to continue to be the rock that I have always been for my family. I am very early on (Lesson 3), but the techniques have been there from the beginning to put me in a position of grace, strength, humility, empathy, class, understanding, perspective and mental toughness that will make my children proud.

The reason I’m telling you this is that I think it is critical that you understand how important the work is that you are doing. Please continue the outstanding dedication to this program, and to also learn from the incredible community that you have assembled (the fact that you are actively improving the program and soliciting feedback from the group speaks volumes that you are practicing what you preach).

Thank you for providing a resource that has been essential in getting me through what has been the toughest test of my life so far. My family (both sides), friends and colleagues have consistently commented on how remarkably and deftly I am handling my situation, which I think is a true testament to UM. There has not been one minute of Pity Party, nor will there be. Ever.

Thank you for your coaching, wisdom, and obvious sincere compassion for your students.

Keep it up Coach

Michael M.

Mark M, Unbeatable Mind Member

April 4, 2012
Coach Divine

My name is Alex Braunstein and I’m a relatively new member of the unbeatable mind academy. First let me start off by saying that i think the academy is extraordinary. I feel that I am not only more focused and alert throughout the day thanks to the exercises and practices that you are teaching throughout the program, but i have been able to push myself harder and farther through all of my workouts which i couldn’t be more thrilled about.

Alex Braunstein, Unbeatable Mind Member

April 4, 2012
I’ve noticed a huge increase in the controlling of my breath during intense workouts from UM practice. I just PR’d by 6:58 in the devil’s mile finishing in 53:42. I’m very stoked how everything is just falling together without me forcing it. This program is amazing!

Jamie Smith, Unbeatable Mind Member

Mark

I wanted to pass along some feedback on the program. It is outstanding. It is well worth the very modest fee you charge each month.

Your resume crushes mine but I have made and lost (and made back) millions of dollars, sat across the table from everyone from Michael Jordan to UFC champions, studied various forms of personal development, visualization, hypnosis etc. and without a doubt Unbeatable Mind is the best program of its kind. It was the best birthday 43rd birthday present that I could have given to myself.

I saw something about an event in the fall and I’ll definitely attend. I’ve upped my training to get to one of the kokoro events within a year or so.

Best

Peter Klamka, Unbeatable Mind Member

April 1, 2012
All: Just wanted to let you know my thoughts on the program so far. It is excellent and almost overwhelming. Some of the content I have done before such as yoga. I have tried meditation but have not found myself very successful at it. Figured I was not a yogi. But I what I have found fascinating is the framework and context that you have built the Unbeatable Mind around. You have taken things that I have tried in some stovepipe fashion and made a life around all of it.

I have found the journaling the hardest. I am not sure how to start that part of the program.

I am not a Facebook person so I cannot comment on that. My wife wonders what I am doing and may join. I manage mental health counseling for the military OCONUS and thus travel. I have noticed that except for the paleo interview I have not gotten notices on other calls. That may be a platinum service.

I was concerned at what this would be but the program has exceeded my expectations. You cover all styles of learning so one cannot ask for more on that. In fact I am just beginning to figure out how to use all the materials. The only suggestion I have is maybe some individual coaching that could be obtained. Maybe a platinum plus or something.

I am a senior executive in a Fortune 500 firm and this has added to my leadership and management toolbox. And of course to life as well. Thanks. Pat

Jonathan Murphy, Unbeatable Mind Member

April 4, 2012
I’ve noticed a huge increase in the controlling of my breath during intense workouts from UM practice. I just PR’d by 6:58 in the devil’s mile finishing in 53:42. I’m very stoked how everything is just falling together without me forcing it. This program is amazing!

Jamie Smith, Unbeatable Mind Member

March 15, 2012
Mark-

I wanted to pass along some feedback on the program. It is outstanding. It is well worth the very modest fee you charge each month.

Your resume crushes mine but I have made and lost (and made back) millions of dollars, sat across the table from everyone from Michael Jordan to UFC champions, studied various forms of personal development, visualization, hypnosis etc. and without a doubt Unbeatable Mind is the best program of its kind. It was the best birthday 43rd birthday present that I could have given to myself.

I saw something about an event in the fall and I’ll definitely attend. I’ve upped my training to get to one of the kokoro events within a year or so.

Best-

Peter Klamka, Unbeatable Mind Member

March 11, 2012
I wanted to re-emphasize the gratitude that I have for what you are offering. It is an amazing experience that certainly is life changing. I am realizing my unbound potential and am actualizing it in my life. The possibilities are endless and I very gratefully thank you for that. I am looking forward to what the future holds for this course and in my life.

All the best

Jonathan Murphy, Unbeatable Mind Member

March 9, 2012
I can’t believe how much I have learned so far with the Unbeatable Mind Academy!
I have all of chapter 1 on my ipod and I have totally immersed
myself into the program. I dropped 2kg in the first week of doing the Paleo diet and the Warrior Yoga has already improved my workouts and mental state.

Cheers

Dan Maguire, Unbeatable Mind Member

January 25, 2012
Coach,
I want to tell you how great your Unbeatable Mind Academy is. Often I will be reading some of the material or watching the videos and just laugh to myself that some how I managed to enroll in this program that is worth much more than $47/month. I could go into many details about how this program has changed my overall being, but will save that for when we meet in person.

Brian Adams, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

January 21, 2011
I wanted to thank you for taking UMA on-line as I wanted attend Kokoro camp, but life got in the way for a time, so the adjustment of UMA online became a viable option for me. I’m writing to you to share a very important recent story and how UMA experience provided me tools through the most difficult time of my life thus far.

I have experienced many challenges in my 37 years and have a pretty high tolerance level. In my short 37 years on this earth, I have experienced being a high school dad at 17 (that little girl born then is now a freshman at Chapman U. in the OC and I am still married to my high school sweetheart going on 19 years), served as a Boatswainsmate on an Agies Cruiser- Arabian Gulf-Mediterranean deployment, Father of two who worked his way to three college degrees while working full time, and a freestyle and collegiate wrestler/coach of 15 years. ..I never really share this, but I wanted to show how a recent event and UMA took me to another level in my life.

My life experiences have made me a stronger man due to overcoming and never quitting unique challenges. As a thought I could kick life’s ass no matter what it threw at me, I was dealt a tremendous blow the same week I joined UMA. My 11 year old only son was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma…my world shattered and I broke as a man to a level I have never experienced…the depth of pain could only be describe if experienced (similar to a deployment experience, which cannot be described unless experienced).

Mark, I used UMA as a coping mechanism because both (son’s cancer and UMA) happened at the same time as new events in my life. After watching video and reading books in UMA the phenomenon of unfounded confidence and strength entered my mind, emotion, and spirit (in addition to deep prayer). I found peace in meditation, visualization, and the warrior spirit through UMA readings. I beleive my experience with UMA was multiplied due to my current situation. UMA took me into a deeper more phenomenological state simultaneous with the pain of dealing with my son. I was cognizant of which dog I was feeding every three hours through chime reminders…very powerful.

I immediately became aware of the witness and controlled my monkey mind interdicting and redirecting negative to positive thoughts with the mantra “Fight till your last breath, we got this and we will conquer this” and aligned this positive thought with the visualization during mediation. To worry about the past is unchangeable and the future is unknown, but the present is where I can control change. I had two choices; be a victim of a monkey emotional mind that would break me and put my family in despair, or be a volunteer who will be the rock and strength for my family and son. Additionally, as a principal of a large southern Ca high school, life continued despite my setback and the world kept going. How would I manage it all…? The world is truly an uncontrolled, chaotic environment.

To end, I became the rock of my family with an unflappable focus and resolve to get my son better with positive energy that will will overcome…this attitude was exuberated through my son who watched every minute of my actions…expressions and behavior…this gave him an unflappable resiliency to fight through chemo.

Mark, three months later my son is cancer free and in remission. I will remain in UMA for the remainder of my life if I have this opportunity…the multiple experiences from everyone is the ultimate educational experience because knowledge to be a better man in invaluable to me. I have become humbled by the experience and realized you never know what life can deal you, and you better have won the battle within so you can conquer the unforeseen battles from the outside. Each month I am motivated to see what next we will learn in UMA. Unbeatable and unbelievable program!

I wanted to share this with you and tell you thank you for partaking in the on-line route. I do not know how I would have handled my son’s illness as a father without the skills learned from UMA. We remain confident, positive, and thankful…

Joseph, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

January 17, 2012
The Unbeatable Mind program is great. I’m getting alot out of it. Really helpful tying everything together in prepping for April – and beyond.

Darrin Hicks, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

January 2, 2012
The power of this program is truly fantastic. Before starting I could not sit in silence at all. After two months of following the practices daily and now starting the Breathe Awareness Meditation I have found these last two days of practices the most amazing. I have sat in pure true silence focusing on my breathe by breathing in courage and breathing out fear. I honestly can say day by day in every way i’m getting better and better. Thank you so much.

AJ Williams, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

January 2, 2011
The unbeatable mind academy has become very dear to my heart. My father was French, Cherokee, and Creek. He was in World War 11, and the Korean conflict. I remember hearing him so often talk about action, reaction, emotion, and motivation. It seems everything was taught by him through metaphors. For me it worked.

The unbeatable mind brings so much of my dad back to me, and helps give me a whole fresh outlook. I thank you so very much for this gift.

Arlene, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

December 3, 2011
Mark,
First off, I just want to say how much I am enjoying the Unbeatable Mind Academy. I just finished watching the Insights on Lesson 2. It has helped me articulate why I am so drawn to this community that you are creating. My son will soon enlist in the Navy with the intent of getting a SO contract. His dad and I have been on this journey with him for years to learn all that we can about military service, the Navy in particular, and the Teams specifically. It is a long difficult road with absolutely no guarantees and we all know it. I feel that he needs an unbeatable mind, of course, but I also feel that I do as well. I have noticed that after he attended your academy and we all read Power of Now and have discussed the 5 Mountains in detail, etc. we have developed a connection that has nothing to do with physical presence. That is great except when one of us is feeling very negative. It happened when I was reading Atlas Shrugged and feeling like the news was a video production of the book. He called and was very down and all that he could articulate was that he was discouraged with the people around him. I told him that I had allowed my monkey mind to get consumed with the themes in the book and thought that maybe he was getting some of that from me. Sounds kooky, I know but I believe it firmly and feel that I have a responsibility to feed him positive energy as he continues on his journey.Thus, I have to feed the love and courage wolf and deprive the fear wolf (which is very hungry due to his aspirations) in myself, for him. Thank you for giving me a succinct way to articulate why I feel this academy is so very important for me.

Thank you again for offering to us members, in a neatly organized package, the insights that you have spent a lifetime gathering. It is simply an amazing journey.

Robin Torres, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 19, 2011
Thanks for continued growth and Unbeatable Mind! I am looking forward to continuing this exciting journey! Tony from Memphis on the call had thanked you for the Unbeatable Mind program and that it came it him by way of a message he must have sent out in the universe, that he needed to change his life and the next day he received the email for the program.

I experienced a similar aha moment this morning that I thought I would share with you; I have been putting in some work over the past few weeks determining what should be next in advancing the leadership development program at my place of employment and had run across the concept of “multiple intelligences” and the development of multiple intelligences for leaders. This concept really resonated with me as it started to connect some of the dots on how to move beyond a cognitive development plan to explain how we should include developing emotional and social intelligence, and although the model strongly resonated with me it was contrary to traditional leadership development models and I wasn’t sure how to reconcile those thoughts.

I am excited that my initial desire to continue developing my mental toughness has lead me to SealFit, to Kokoro in April, to the Unbeatable Mind program, and all the connections available to me in the future by continuing a path of continued growth and learning.

Thanks Coach!

Preston, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 16, 2011
I just wanted to tell you know how valuable the Unbeatable Mind Academy has been for me so far. It is some awesome information! The videos you uploaded detailing meditation strategies have been very useful in my yoga practice.

AJ Williams, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 16, 2011
Commander Divine
I wanted to say thanks for allowing me to be apart of the Unbeatable Mind Academy. I have not only enjoyed the classes, but I have also have had great success with lesson #1. I have never been able to sit in calmness before but it was awesome to finally be able to do so. Again I want to say thanks Commander.

Noah A Todd, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 16, 2011
Hi Coach,
I have been practicing both the Warrior Yoga and the Seated Concentration daily. I am seeing a little improvement in my focus on the Seated Concentration but it’s been slow. I am being patient and staying on course. I view all the videos and listen to the recording daily (they make for a nice break from work, and in the evening). I am following your lead and I have greatly reduced TV time and instead I read, I work on this course and I am also studying for my Certification as a Project Management Professional.

I just bought the book Blink, it is available on the Kindle so I will start to read that as well.

I am thoroughly enjoying this program, I think it can do a lot of good for a lot of people in all aspects of life.

Giancarlo Cefalo, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 15, 2011
Your program continues to impress me. It’s clear that you’ve put a lot of thought and work into the program. I especially like how you grounded the first lesson with eastern warrior techniques of the mind and spirit—my guess is that this is outside the normal experience of most people signed up or what they think they’ve signed up for. I’ve had a (pretty much) daily meditation practice for years but I hadn’t seen it connected to the warrior path. Also this reminder email with guidance is a great touch, as well as bringing in outside reading to help sharpen the mind.
Best regards,

Rich, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1

November 19, 2012
Just a note to express kudos and thanks for the Unbeatable Mind Academy. I signed up because your e-mail about feeding the fear dog arrived at the right time. I’ve been dealing with a knee injury and fluctuating between pissed off, bummed out, and determined. Your message clarified the mental problem, helped get my head back on track and convinced me to sign up for UMA. The first month’s material was excellent and I look forward to following the training. From a longer term perspective, though, what really interests me is how you’re integrating the disciplines. I started practicing Zen about 10 years ago while maintaining physical training and trying to live an honorable life of service. There was no plan behind these efforts, though–it just seemed like the right way to live. It’s obvious that you’ve thought deeply about these themes and integrated them into a coherent way of life. I’m genuinely excited to learn more about this integration and how to live it in the months ahead.

Take care,

Ed McCarthy, Unbeatable Mind Academy - Class 1