Wired To Win is...
our comprehensive peak performance and personal development program helps young people develop unshakeable confidence that comes from proven performance principles. Students learn to create daily habits and routines that will lead them to peak performance in life, help them stay focused, handle pressure with confidence, and eventually become leaders who help others succeed.
The program is based on a system designed by world-renowned sports psychologist and performance coach, Dr John Pates. He has worked with world champion athletes, Fortune 500 CEOs, and Olympians, and will co-facilitate this course with the company founder Mick Donahue.
John Pates
Wired To Win - Course Overview for Parents
Course Structure
Duration: 40+ weeks total (with ongoing advanced opportunities)
Level 1 (8 weeks): Foundation (The Building Blocks of Greatness)
Focus Areas and Skills: building focused attention, emotional regulation for performance, inner strength development, resilience building through creative challenges, energy management techniques, peak performance states, pressure handling, confidence building
Level 2 (8 weeks): Intermediate (The Hero’s Journey)
Focus Areas and Skills: advanced energy management, pressure performance strategies, systematic peak performance development, personal excellence goal-setting, resilience, leadership, collaborative communication, mental strength training, self care development, peer mentoring
Level 3 (8 weeks): Advanced (Finding Your Flow State)
Focus Areas and Skills: success innovation methods, performance approaches, systems design for achievement, community impact projects, success coaching, social entrepreneurship, fostering leadership excellence, team success facilitation, innovation in performance practices, mentoring others, ethical influence
Level 4 (8 weeks): Mastery (Witnessing Your Own Greatness)
Focus Areas and Skills: peer and team facilitation, sustainable systems, advanced leadership, multi-stakeholder navigation, systemic impact thinking, real world implementation, innovation, cross-cultural bridge-building, authentic influence, sustainable impact creation
Level 5 (8+ weeks): Pro (Student-Led Specialization)
Focus Areas and Skills: student chosen specialization (academic excellence, organizational leadership, entrepreneurial innovation, community development, success coaching, research innovation), independent curriculum development, systemic impact creation, sustainable leadership model development, impactful leadership, specialized expertise development.
L5 students design their own specialized curriculum with mentor guidance, focusing on real-world success challenges and creating sustainable positive impact through high-performance leadership.
Course Curriculum:
Level 1 Topics
Level 2 Topics
Level 3 Topics
Level 4 Topics
Why This Program Works:
Session Structure
Every 55-minute class:
Real World Connection (5 min)
Key Question(s)/Topic Discussion (10 min)
Group & Individual Activities/Project Work (30 min)
Reflection and Next Steps (10 min)
Between sessions: Optional practice implementing success techniques and leadership activities in daily life for sustained high level performance in all aspects of life.
Ready to Start?
From learning vital daily habits/routines, and focus techniques to eventually creating their own programs and leading systemic change, your child builds both the personal development and peak performance skills to navigate life's challenges with resilience and create meaningful impact on their own lives and the world.