redefining excellence

Learn more about our story and what we’re about.

We provide the coaching, consulting, and performance architecture to help our clients live a healthier life while achieving elite results.

achieving optimal
performance

We use science-backed systems, expert guidance, and practical tools to help individuals and teams win without compromising their wellbeing.

who we are

Achieve Peak Performance while
protecting your wellbeing

Think of Optimal Performance as your trusted partner in sustainable high performance. Combining science-backed systems, expert guidance, and practical tools to help individuals and teams win without compromising their wellbeing.

what we’re about

what we stand for

our mission

Sustainable Performance System

We help high performers, leaders, athletes, and organizations achieve sustainable high performance, without sacrificing their wellbeing.

our vision

Improve Broken Performance

To train millions of high performers in a new version of performance that decreases the disparity between revenue and health in organizations and cultures.

what we do

Help you achieve elite results

We work alongside individuals and organizations committed to learning a better performance approach. We provide the coaching, consulting, and performance architecture to help our clients live a healthier life while achieving elite results.
how we do it

Change your mindset and your life

Real, lasting change starts from the inside out. We help you shift the way you think, lead, and perform at your peak.

5 Keys to Mental Performance

High-energy presentations that introduce elite mindset principles and provide practical strategies to elevate focus and performance.

Believe More Is Possible

We know that everyone person and team is able of achieving great success no matter where they are at currently.

operate on trust

We rely on scientific approaches and knowledge in everything we deliver.

Collaborate to Elevate

We work alongside leaders, teams, and their partners to create aligned, high-performing environments.

Innovate with Evidence

We continuously refine our systems through research, data, and cutting-edge discoveries.

Protect the Performer

We prioritize long-term mental, physical, emotional, and relational wellbeing, because true excellence lasts.

our philosophy

At Optimal Performance, we believe high performance in its current form is broken. The modern pursuit of success has created a growing Cost of Performance expressed in burnout, declining mental health, strained relationships, and preventable disease. Our philosophy is grounded in the Dual Mandate: the relentless pursuit of excellence paired with the uncompromising protection of wellbeing. We believe success should elevate your life, not erode it. We are building a global community of high performers who refuse to accept burnout as the cost of ambition and who believe that greater balance leads to greater impact. At our core, we believe positivity, hope, and humanistic relationships hold transformative power. When applied intentionally, they can reverse the mental health burden, reduce burnout, and confront the preventable disease crisis facing modern performance culture.

our solutions

HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN

Business solutions

Discover how we help leaders and teams bring the science of high performance and wellbeing to life across their organizations.

Individual solutions

Our online course delivers complete high-performance mindset training, equipping you to perform at your peak and bring your best to any situation, every time.

WHO WE WORK WITH

Testimonials

“Not often in life do you meet someone who has become a champion and performed at the highest level in 2 demanding careers. NFL great & a mental health expert. It doesn’t happen unless you are Julius Thomas. He is one of one. That is what makes him special and a catalyst to your high levels of performance. Lean in and attack with JT. Unleash the champion in you.”

Testimonials

“In some traditions, a teacher or mentor is referred to as a ‘good friend.’ It has been my honor and pleasure to share my teachings and best practices with Julius Thomas over these past eight years.”



Testimonials

“Not often in life do you meet someone who has become a champion and performed at the highest level in 2 demanding careers. NFL great & a mental health expert. It doesn’t happen unless you are Julius Thomas. He is one of one. That is what makes him special and a catalyst to your high levels of performance. Lean in and attack with JT. Unleash the champion in you.”

Master every

area of your life