Mentis
Upgrade Your Mental OS
An 8-session mindset engineering programme that helps teens replace inherited defaults with deliberate operating systems — built from stoic philosophy, behavioural psychology, and real-world performance science.
Start Your UpgradeThe 6 Mentis Modules
36 mindsets clustered into 6 domains — each one a system upgrade that builds on the last.
The 4-Layer Process
What I believe
PREMISE Surface and challenge inherited assumptions — mental software you didn’t choose — before building on them.
What I want to think
VISION Define the upgraded mental model. Not abstract philosophy — what does this mindset look like operating in YOUR life?
Why it matters to ME
PURPOSE Find the personal story, wound, or aspiration that makes this mindset non-negotiable. Intellectual understanding isn’t enough. Emotional anchoring is.
What I’ll test
STRATEGY Design a 2-week micro-experiment. Framed as experiments, not commitments — because permission to fail is permission to start.
8 Sessions That Change Everything
Each session builds on the last — from awareness to rewiring to action.
Audit
Map your current mental operating system — beliefs, defaults, and inherited code
Stoic + BehaviouralForge
Identity architecture — who you decide to be and the standards that follow
Epictetus + GogginsLink
Rewrite your perception engine — how you see, question, and process reality
Munger + KahnemanEngine
Install an execution OS — action, shipping, deep work, and feedback loops
Atomic Habits + Deep WorkFurnace
Build antifragility — resilience, stoicism, and growing from pressure
Seneca + TalebFlame
Ignite compounding momentum — drive, systems, and purpose over passion
Naval + ClearMirror
Social intelligence upgrade — vulnerability, honesty, and emotional mastery
Brené Brown + GolemanShip
Assemble your Mentis System — the complete mental OS, commitments, and experiments
MentisInside Each Module
Each module expands to reveal its mindsets. Click to explore the 36 mental upgrades.
The Mentis Journal
A dedicated journaling system — physical or digital — that turns reflection into rewiring. Students don’t just think about mindsets. They track them, test them, and watch themselves change in real-time data.
Daily Log
One mindset practised today. What happened. What you noticed about yourself.
Belief Tracker
Inherited beliefs under active investigation. Where they came from. Whether they still serve you.
Experiment Log
2-week experiments: hypothesis → daily action → result. The scientific method applied to your own mind.
Discomfort Log
Voluntary discomforts attempted. What you feared. What actually happened. The gap between prediction and reality.
Compound Chain
Visual streak tracker for your ONE daily action. The only rule: don't break the chain.
Codex Drafts
Running drafts of your personal operating principles. Messy first, refined over time.
Weekly Reflection
"What did I learn about how I think this week?" — one page, every Sunday.
The Mentis Methodology
Audit
Where is my mind now? Map current mental models, beliefs, and defaults across all 6 domains.
Reframe
Am I running the right software? Challenge inherited and limiting beliefs through Premise work.
Install
What new operating principles do I want? Define upgraded mindsets through Vision and Purpose layers.
Experiment
How do I test this in real life? Run 2-week micro-experiments with daily tracking.
Codify
Make it permanent. Write it into your Mentis Codex as personal doctrine you authored yourself.
Why This Actually Works
Four things happen when a student completes Mentis — and one fundamental shift that changes how they move through the world.
Defaults Dissolve
When you surface the beliefs you never chose and replace them with ones you did, you stop running on autopilot. Decisions become deliberate.
Resilience Compounds
Each module reinforces the others. Identity fuels action. Action builds resilience. Resilience sustains momentum. Momentum sharpens perception.
Experiments Replace Anxiety
Instead of "what if I fail?" students ask "what will I learn?" The experiment frame turns every risk into data collection — and data isn't scary.
Doctrine Creates Speed
When you've written your operating principles, you don't freeze at decision points. You consult your Codex. Decisions that used to take weeks take seconds.
The Critical Unlock
When a student faces pressure, peer influence, or uncertainty, 8 weeks of practised principles and a self-authored Codex is more powerful than "just be confident." They don't need motivation. They have doctrine.
Upgrade Your
Mental OS
8 sessions. 6 domains. 36 mindsets. One deliberate operating system. Stop running inherited code and start writing your own.
Start Your Upgrade