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How it works · Cognitive Readiness Training

The trail to mental readiness.

Every Chimney Trail training teaches the same three-step method: Catch, Check, Change. Training customized to fit your team, your timeline, and your budget.

The Chimney Trail method

Proven methods, lasting outcomes.

Cognitive behavioral tools train adaptive thinking under pressure. Kinesthetic learning turns concepts into action. Continued repetition makes it available when the stakes are real. Most training stops at the first one — ours is built on all three.

Our method · Three disciplines, elite outcomes

Cognitive Readiness Training (CRT)

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Why it works this way

Most of what runs under pressure is automatic thinking — fast, efficient, and wrong at the worst possible moments. The deliberate check is a skill, and skills respond to reps, not to being told about them once.

This is training, not care

Chimney Trail is preventive skill-building for people who are functioning and want to perform better under load. It is not therapy, diagnosis, or crisis care, and it does not replace them.

The evidence behind it

The finding that shaped everything

One thing alone does not change behavior.

Readiness training is usually bought one piece at a time: a seminar, an app, or a computer-based module. Each one teaches something, and on its own none of them changes what a person actually does under pressure. Behavior holds when all three run together — taught in the room, practiced by hand, repeated for months.

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Together, they compound

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Not sure where to start

Pick the path that fits your team.

Most organizations land on one of these. If yours is more complicated, that is what the consult is for.

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Waypoint Kits pair with every training modality.

Designed for

Built for high-performing teams. Choose your environment.

Tactical

U.S. military & high-stakes ops

Originally designed for the U.S. Armed Forces, special operations, and other high-stakes operational environments.

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Professional

Enterprise & elite teams

Expanded to Fortune 500 corporations, elite professional teams, and high-performance cultures.

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Procurement & contracting

Cleared pathways to deploy

Contracting pathways, procurement timelines, and customization scope — mapped out for you.

Engagement & procurement

The result

Operational readiness.

Participants finish with practical cognitive tools, a shared language for team communication, and sustained confidence managing stress and decisions under pressure.

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Ready to start the trail?

Help your team succeed under pressure.

Schedule time directly with our CEO, CDR Matthew Brown (USNR, Ret.), Bochnowski Family Veteran Fellow, — we’ll map the right path for your team.

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