Based on the work of NY Times Best-selling author and former CEO of CTI (Coaches Training Institute), Shirzad Charmine, Mental Fitness (PQ) is the X-Factor in Performance and Happiness. It’s also a much-needed buoy in life’s challenging times — for individuals, teams, and organizations.

DLG team members are certified Mental Fitness trainers and coaches; we create customized programs to bring the Mental Fitness operating system to enterprises, leaders and teams.

MENTAL FITNESS IS THE X-FACTOR

If you’re physically fit, you can climb steep hills without physical stress.  If you’re mentally fit, you can handle life’s great challenges without mental stress or other negative emotions.  You’ll be happier and perform better.

This measure of your Mental Fitness is called PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient).  Mental fitness is a measure of the strength of your positive mental muscles (Sage) versus the negative (Saboteur).  Research with 500,000 participants has shown PQ to be the best predictor of how happy you are and how well you perform relative to your potential.  

The rub?  80% of people score below the minimum level of mental fitness required for peak performance and happiness.   

The great news?   With recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and technology, you can now improve your mental fitness significantly within 6 weeks of practice. 

The results?   Dramatically improved performance and productivity and a calm, clear and happier mind.

Forward-thinking leaders and organizations who desire to lay the foundation for growth, tapping into their full potential by focusing on opportunity/possibility, are ideal candidates for harnessing the power of this work:

The Mental Fitness and Resiliency “Operating System”
This 6-week program actually develops the mental muscles necessary to manage your emotions and behavior without getting triggered by or self-sabotaging with negative emotions and interactions. Mental Fitness will have a positive and sustainable impact on 3 specific areas:

  • Peak performance
  • Peace of mind and wellness
  • Healthy Relationships – both professional and personal

What’s Included:

  • 2 Self-Assessments: PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient) Assessment and PQ Saboteur Assessment
  • The PQ App on your smartphone that will provide Guided Technology for daily practice
  • Pre-recorded training videos
  • Weekly group coaching
  • 8 Chapters of the Positive Intelligence book (PDF)
  • Continued access to the app and videos for 1-year

Who Can Benefit:

  • Individuals
  • Teams
  • Organizations

How You Self Sabotage


A key to Mental Fitness is to weaken the internal Saboteurs who generate all your “negativity” in the way they respond to challenges. Your Saboteurs cause all your stress, anxiety, self-doubt, frustration, regret, shame, guilt, and unhappiness. Saboteurs include the Judge, Controller, Avoider, Victim, Stickler and 5 others.

Your “Sage” lives in an entirely different region of your brain and handles challenges in ways that produce positive emotions like curiosity, empathy, creativity, calm, and clear-headed laser-focused action. You’d perform better and feel happier.

PQ® Score

PQ (Positive Intelligence Quotient) measures the relative strength of your positive mental muscles (Sage) versus the negative (Saboteur). PQ is the most widely used measure of mental fitness. Independent researchers have validated this measure to be the greatest predictor of how happy you are, and how well you perform against your potential.

Shirzad Chamine

Stanford Lecturer, CEO Coach

Shirzad shows his Stanford audience how to shift their minds from self-sabotage to self-mastery for optimal performance and happiness.

MENTAL FITNESS TO LEAD IN CHALLENGING TIMES

THE X-FACTOR IN PERFORMANCE & HAPPINESS

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