Master Your Mind.

Lead with Clarity.

Live with Intention.

Stop being a passenger to your life. Upgrade your operating system for exceptional performance, leadership, and life in just 8 weeks.

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 Let's be honest...

Does this sound like you?

 

  • You care about people, but under stress you can get short, blunt, or impatient.

  • You take on a lot, and it’s hard to stay present at home after giving everything at work.

  • You want to lead with steadiness—even when others are emotional, resistant, or chaotic.

  • You’d like to respond with more intention instead of reacting in the moment and regretting it later.

  • You want a practice that helps you show up better in the conversations that matter most.

  • You want tools that actually work in real life—not something that requires a retreat, special gear, or an entire personality change.

You're not alone!

People often look calm on the outside while running hot internally - carrying pressure, responsibility, and the constant demand to be "on." I've lived that reality too.

Fortunately, I've helped tens of thousands of working professionals develop steadiness, clarity, and control under pressure - without needing to change who they are.

Imagine 8 Weeks From Now…

  • A calm, steady baseline—even when deadlines, conflict, or chaos show up.

  • The ability to pause before you respond, especially in the conversations that matter most.

  • A reliable way to downshift stress in real time—without needing to escape your life.

  • Sharpened focus—less mental noise, more follow-through, fewer half-finished loops in your head.

  • A mind that recovers faster after setbacks, criticism, or a hard day.

INTRODUCING

Master the Mind

An on-demand, mobile-friendly video course—plus an optional community for accountability and peer support.

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Master the Mind: 8-Weeks to Exceptional Performance, Leadership, and Life.

An 8-week mindfulness-based mental conditioning program that gives you a clear framework and weekly reps to build a unique set of skills.  You'll learn how to:

  • Catch reactivity earlier - so you can interrupt it before it becomes a tone, a decision, or an action you regret
  • Create space between stimulus and response - so you can choose your next move with clarity instead of running on autopilot
  • Shift your state when it matters - so you can move from stressed to steady, scattered to focused, and reactive to responsive in real time
  • Show up with steadiness in pressure, conflict, and uncertainty - so you can lead with composure, communicate with intention, and be the calm in the room

This program is for executives, managers and emerging leaders; working professionals in high-demand roles; parents who want a calmer handoff from work to home; and anyone who wants mental fitness as a performance advantage.

This isn't theory. It's practical training you can apply on day one. 

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What's Included In

Master the Mind

MODULE 1

No Trivial Moments: Moving from Autopilot to Aware

Move from autopilot to aware through mental conditioning. Navigate the "time-travel machine" to build assets like concentration, meta-awareness, and tactical letting go.

MODULE 2

The Mindset You Bring to Your Experience Matters

Upgrade mental software by choosing Excellence over Perfectionism. Master the "Toggle Switch" between analytical Doing and restorative Being to stay grounded. Learn the attitudes for living well.

MODULE 3

Do You Have the Story or Does the Story Have You?

Confront the "Invisible Narrator". Use the S-I-R model to separate facts from the "movies of the mind", treating thoughts as mental events rather than unquestioned truths.

MODULE 4

The Saber-Toothed Tiger of the Modern World: Everything

Upgrade "Legacy Hardware". Recognize how automatic aversion to difficulty creates friction and shift from automatic stress reactions to strategic, mindful responses.

MODULE 5

Delving into the Difficult

Learn to separate inevitable pain from optional suffering. Build resilience by turning toward difficulty to remain effective even while uncomfortable.

MODULE 6

In the Same Boat

Recognize our common humanity and bring awareness to meetings and relationships. Use course techniques to shift from "preparing a reply" to communicating with intention.

MODULE 7

Who Watches (Out for) You

Build resilience by reframing self-care as a leadership duty. Apply "Paying Yourself First" to mental assets to model sustainable success for those who watch you.

MODULE 8

Maintaining Momentum

Design a Practice Blueprint and master the art of beginning again to ensure these new skills become a lifelong sustainable part of your journey.

NICE TO MEET YOU

I'm Clif Smith

 

If you’re carrying a lot—and trying to stay steady for everyone else—I get it. I’m a U.S. Army veteran, former diplomat and intelligence officer, and a Harvard graduate who went from growing up on welfare with few prospects to leading in situations where pressure is constant and your state of mind affects real outcomes.

That’s why I teach mindfulness as mental conditioning: practical skills that work when life is loud. In the corporate world, I built a Brandon Hall award-winning Mindful Leadership program and trained over 150,000 professionals across the globe, and I’m the author of the award-winning and bestselling book Mindfulness Without the Bells and Beads (Wiley). Master the Mind is built from that foundational philosophy and is how I'll help you build the same steadiness—without the fluff.

I built Master the Mind for people who can’t step away from responsibility—but still want to feel more in control of their attention, emotions, and choices. You don’t need more willpower. You need a repeatable process and the right reps. Over eight weeks, I’ll guide you step-by-step so you can apply these skills immediately at work and at home.

Don't take my word for it.  Here's what others have said and who I've provided training to in the past.

Big 4 Director

"I found myself able to make choices more clearly than in the past about where my focus needed to be—home vs. work—and then to stay present with whatever needed my attention.”

F500 Executive

"Implementing the mindfulness practice as a daily routine has allowed me embrace change and manage my personal/professional life without impacting the quality of my work.  I am more aware of my actions and monitor my own responses to stay focused and motivate my team."

Big 4 Partner

"By far, the best class I have taken in my many years with the firm, and the only one that has impacted me in such a positive way both personally and professionally."

What Makes this Course Different...

  • Built for real life: practical skills you can use in meetings, conflict, deadlines, and parenting—not just on a cushion.
  • Performance-minded mindfulness: mental conditioning for focus, resilience, and leadership—not vague “feel good” advice.
  • Taught by someone who’s lived it: developed through decades of leading in high-pressure environments where composure matters—and leaned on heavily through a cancer diagnosis and treatment to stay steady, clear, and not trapped in worst-case thinking.
  • No fluff, no woo: clear language, clear steps, and real tools—without bells, beads, or spiritual jargon.
  • Grounded in award-winning work and backed by a bestselling book: built from methods taught in a Brandon Hall Gold–recognized leadership program and expanding on "Mindfulness Without the Bells and Beads." 

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Master the Mind Course

$222

A 25% Savings off the regular price of $297

You get immediate access to: 

  • 8 core modules with 100 videos 

  • 9 unique guided practices with access to dozens more

  • Downloadable tools/worksheets

  • Lifetime access + updates

  • Master the Mind Community access

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If you aren’t satisfied with Master the Mind, let us know within 14-days from purchase for a full refund. No questions asked.

What's the Cost of Not Making a Change?

The cost of not making a change usually isn’t dramatic—it’s cumulative. For leaders and high performers, it shows up as more friction in decision-making, more reactive communication, and a nervous system that’s always “on,” even when you’re off the clock. Under pressure, you become shorter, more controlling, more avoidant, or more scattered—then spend extra energy cleaning it up, second-guessing yourself, or replaying conversations. Over time, your team feels it: less psychological safety, less trust, more hesitation, more turnover risk—and a culture where urgency quietly replaces clarity.

And at home, the cost can sting even more. You walk in the door physically present but mentally still at work. Patience is thinner, listening is harder, and small things spark outsized reactions. You miss moments you can’t get back—not because you don’t care, but because your mind is exhausted and running on autopilot. The truth is, doing nothing often means the same patterns keep repeating—just with higher stakes and less margin.

Your mind is already training every day. This course helps you train it on purpose. Don't let another day go by without taking action to take your performance, leadership, and life to the next level.

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