Mental Resilience Coach

04/23/2026

We're taking a moment today to tell you about Justin Monger, a five-year Dory member and brilliant entrepreneur in Dallas, Texas.

He's founder of a medical device company that helps people with complicated prescription regimens for chronic disease correctly operate their health plans. He's literally saving lives.

Justin joined Dory and started running his life on the Optimal Pace Protocol in September of 2020 and has shown the type of commitment to personal performance that turns smart people into titans and global change makers.

In November he achieved Coach status in the Dory community by acquiring over 10,000 points from completing Plays to supercharge his mental resilience.

Each Play in the Coach Dory app is worth an average of 3 points so this means he's completed over 3,000 Plays to support himself while at the same time building an incredible company.

His performance is so strong it's maxing out some of our measurement models in ways we've never seen before.

Justin, you're an incredible leader in the Dory community. Thanks for everything you do. Keep building!

03/30/2026

Here’s the theme of the talk I’m giving to the MBA students at this week.

My talk “I think I overdid it” is full of personal stories from the edge of trying too hard and caring too much.

With some useful tools to help students live and work at their Optimal Pace so they can become more successful specifically by having more fun along the way.

12/02/2025

Follow me if you’re running your business and feel like you’re only performing at 50% these days.

You’re at max capacity and want more energy and mental clarity. You want to have fun at work again.

You want to perform at 100% again too. But you feel stuck.

You’re watching people around you burn out and give up because they can’t handle the pressure.

And a little voice inside your head is starting to wonder how much more you can take before you burn out and are forced to give up.

Hi there, I’m Aaron, the founder of Dory, and I built my last company to 350 employees and $50 million in annual revenue and sold it for $169 million.

I teach entrepreneurs my personal system called the Optimal Pace Protocol, so they know exactly where their redline is and can avoid burnout to stay in the game long enough to achieve massive success and see their wildest dreams come true.

Feel like this poor pup moping along through the agility course?

Follow me to learn the Optimal Pace Protocol and get your energy and mental clarity back, start performing at 100% again and have fun at work like you did back when you first started your company.

DM me PACE and I’ll give you a free tool to measure your Optimal Pace right now.

10/10/2025

Take back five seconds for yourself and listen to the delightful sound of droplets falling and dancing on beautiful Fall leaves floating on water.

Pausing to notice natural elements around us is proven to help us feel more calm, focused and satisfied.

Bonus points. Can you see anything natural from where you are right now?

Science says that seeing leaves, trees or grass even from a distance gives us these incredible effects.

And seeing light dancing across water is even better.

10/08/2025

Inc. Magazine asked us to share our secret protocol for helping business owners, executives and team leaders maximize their performance while at the same time entirely avoiding burnout.

Here's what we said.

https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/how-to-avoid-burnout-by-finding-your-optimal-pace-as-an-entrepreneur.html?

You can't sprint a marathon. Discover your ideal speed to increase your chances of winning.

10/08/2025

Every physical discipline has clear guidelines for exertion and recovery to achieve maximum performance. From competitive gymnastics, to professional sports, to military special operations.

And the highest performers in these fields go one step farther by measuring their own unique physiology to determine their limits with precision.

We've built these same tools, but for Mental Athletes, like business owners, executives, team leaders, project managers, and specialists.

Our tools show you exactly where your red line is so you never have to cross it.

You reach your maximum potential without the risk of burning out or blowing up, and in result, you gain the ability to thrive through anything and outperform anyone.

All with the confidence that comes from knowing you’re doing your absolute best.

No more, and no less.

09/28/2025

Follow for more tips for refilling your Mental Reserves before or after a long day at work.

Building a strong, resilient mind is the best way to improve your Optimal Pace so you can thrive through anything and outperform anyone.

Use our free quiz (link in bio) to determine your current pace and receive a personalized plan for making improvements.

09/27/2025

Hi, I’m Aaron, I’m a human performance researcher and human performance expert here at Dory.

When I’m not sharing tips about how to become immune to stress so you can thrive through anything and outperform anyone, I’m a wilderness river guide, certified wilderness first responder, mountain biker, hiker, backcountry skier and explorer of high mountains and remote hot springs across Colorado and Utah.

I’m a top 5% athlete on Strava and I ski 75 days a year. I once skied in every month of the year here in Colorado. Ugh, September was the worst.

I personally test and live all the performance protocols we develop here at Dory.

I’m still working my way through all 3,000 plays in the Coach Dory app, and I’m about 80% of the way there right now.

Living at my Optimal Pace gives me the perfect amount of time for all the activities I love that keep me fully charged up so I can guide you all to become the best versions of yourselves every day in my professional work.

Thanks for taking a moment to let me say hi. I hope our paths cross again.

09/27/2025

When you see your Optimal Pace for the first time and realize you’ve already unlocked about half your total performance ability.

Then you think to yourself, imagine what I will create, build and become when I unlock 100% of my total capabilities.

Discover your Optimal Pace and start improving it to unlock your full power with our free one-minute assessment (link in bio).

09/24/2025

In the last week 463 of you discovered your Optimal Pace using our free tool (link in bio).

Your average Optimal Pace was 7 out of 18, which is actually a great score… most of the time.

Here’s why.

The reality is, most of us live at Moderate Performance where normal work is manageable as long as no unexpected situations come up.

What you don’t get at a 7 out of 18 Optimal Pace is an ability to handle unexpected situations with ease and the capacity for deep creative productivity.

Which is fine, most of the time.

But if this is you, you’re probably noticing how difficult things get when disasters come knocking, or when you’re needed to find a creative solution to a massive problem with a short turnaround.

This is where Moderate performance lets you down, costs you money, and leaves you feeling frustrated and less effective than ever.

And I think we can all agree that disasters come knocking more than ever these days, and that finding creative answers to our biggest problems is one of the best ways to move ourselves forward faster.

This is where the benefits of Solid Performance, Strong Performance and Superhuman Performance kick in for those of us who have earned an Optimal Pace in the range of 9 to 18.

At these levels, normal work becomes effortless, creative bursts become easy, and no unexpected situation is large enough to cause problems.

That’s powerful performance.

And when you get there, you feel successful, you stop throwing away money, and you have the cold confidence that comes from knowing you can thrive through anything and outperform anyone.

Join 1,614 members, discover your Optimal Pace and begin your journey to Superhuman Performance with the link in our bio.