A MINDSET TRAINING SYSTEM
FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE
CHANGE HOW YOU PLAY THE GAME
Our training system rewires how you think and make decisions. It's designed to train you to make forceful moves, execute a process to achieve your goals, and improve performance.
CHANGE HOW YOU SEE YOUR LIFE
We guide you to gameplan your life and, make systematic moves towards accomplishing your goals, and unlock your full potential.
TEAM PARTNERSHIPS
Our Performance Program improves decision-making, unlocks potential, and helps you reach your highest level.
LEVEL 1:
PLAYER & TEAM ASSESSMENTS
Our revolutionary new approach to assess the process athletes use to make complex tactical and strategic decisions. We identify strengths and weakensses, and benchmark to world class performers.
LEVEL 2:
FOUNDATIONS OF BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Our Core Principle Training & Tools are designed to elevate your decision-making and achieve breakthrough performance.
LEVEL 3:
ADVANCED COACHING & SUSTAINED RESULTS
Our ongoing coaching will guide you through the journey of achieving extraordinary results and sustaining the extra edge.
TRAINING IN THE WILD
WORKSHOPS / SEMINARS
Seth Makowsky shares insights and principles from his work and training. Your team will develop a deep understanding of the best-in-class mindset and how to start applying the concepts to systematically improve performance and accomplish their vision and goals.
1:1 ELITE COACHING
Seth Makowsky guides the most exceptional athletes in the world to improved decision-making with extraordinary results. He’s described as a “confidant and the most unique Quarterback guru in football" by The Athletic. His training system and method harnesses the game of chess to unlock their full potential, play free, and achieve success. Makowsky's clients include top professional, Olympic, and collegiate sports teams, NFL Quarterbacks, MLB MVP baseball players, NBA Basketball champions, CEOs, and exceptional performers.
For select clients,
Seth Makowsky provides
1:1 Elite Coaching
EVENTS
We bring elite performers together for transformative experiences in learning, leadership, and peak performance—unlocking clarity, connection, and the tools to thrive under pressure and reach new heights.
TESTIMONIALS
C.J. STROUD, NFL QUARTERBACK
“It definitely helped my game,” Stroud said. “If I move this here — it’s just like, about life. If I move this one way, something else can happen. You could get captured. It definitely helped me. My arm was hurting, but I didn’t really care. I wanted to show out. I took it as an opportunity for me to show the world what I could do.
“That week was what changed my life.”
CAMERON DIAZ: ACTOR, ENTREPRENUER, MOTHER
“I feel like I’m getting something from this training that I can’t get anywhere else. I learn so much each time we train. I learn so much about my own strengths and weaknesses. I try and apply and identify those in my day-to-day life. I pay greater attention, take a second, breathe, and look at everything.”
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JOHN SPERAW, UCLA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL HEAD COACH, 2023 & 2024 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
“Working with Poison Pawn and Mindset Strategist Seth Makowsky - it’s just as important for our team to train our minds as it is our physical strength or volleyball skills."
MICHAEL ANDREW, GOLD MEDAL OLYMPIC SWIMMER
“I’ve been working with Seth Makowsky from Poison Pawn, and it really ties into the training and the elite mindset of things,” the Minnesota native told Olympic Channel via video link.
“It’s pretty cool. I train every week with him, and there’s so much strategy that goes into it, like learning how to think quickly and how to see steps ahead, which I translate into my sport.