Leonardo Lemos · Performance mentor · Honorary Consul of Brazil in Cork

You don’t need to be an athlete to think like one.

Mentoring for people who have built a life and want the body, the habits and the head to match it. We find where you are, we set where you are going, and we move.

I literally paid the price for my choices. Pay the Price, the film

The real problem

What if it is not a lack of willpower?

You start full of energy and stop halfway. You know what to do and still cannot keep it up. That is not weakness: it is a mind that was never trained to stay with discomfort. And that can be learned.

I want that structure

What you will work on

  1. An athlete’s mindset, applied to your daily routine

  2. Discipline that does not depend on motivation

  3. The courage to leave your comfort zone

  4. Training, nutrition and rest habits that last

  5. Clarity about your real value and your purpose

  6. Consistent action, every day

Leo swimming alone in a grey Irish sea, a small figure in open water

A to B. Then move.

Every programme starts the same way: a conversation about where you are today, what you value and why you want to change it.

Three areas, worked together: personal life, work and the body. With the nutrition basics, done well. It is not an athlete’s plan; it is an athlete’s mindset applied to your week.

  1. Where you are

    Your routine, your energy, your work, the things you keep putting off. Honestly, and without judgement.

  2. Where you are going

    One clear destination, with the reasons behind it. Your whys are what keep you moving when the motivation runs out.

  3. What it costs

    The habits, the hours, the early mornings. Agreed at the start, so nothing comes as a surprise.

  4. Close the gap

    Training is shrinking the gap between fear and action. Week by week that gap gets smaller, in sport and outside it.

The 3M Method

Three pillars, worked together.

Created by Leonardo Lemos, 3M organises the mentoring around three pillars that work together. A to B is where you are going; 3M is how you keep going.

3M is a personal development and performance model created by Leonardo Lemos. It is not a medical method and does not replace care from health professionals.

  1. Implementation

    Turning intention into structure: a clear plan, goals and a routine that puts the change into practice.

  2. Consistency

    Results come from keeping going, not from the start. We train your pace so you carry on when the enthusiasm runs out.

  3. Energy to act

    The energy to act every day: reconnecting with your purpose and your real value.

Three ways to work together.

Leo in a wetsuit and green swim cap, looking straight at the camera with the sea behind him

One to one · for a duration you agree together

Mentoring

For people who have built the career and the family and want the body and the headspace to match. A to B across personal life, work and fitness, side by side, for as long as it takes.

  • Your values, your goals and your whys, mapped
  • A training block built around your week
  • The nutrition basics, done well
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Four weeks at a time

Consulting

One area of your life that is stuck. We map the problem, what has to be done and how, and you leave with the map in your hand. Renew month by month, no long commitment.

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One session, two to three hours

Single session

One goal, one session. Your first marathon, open water, the bike, your first skydive: where to start, what to do and who to talk to.

Book a single session

More ways to work with Leo

Monthly

Full support

Supplements, nutrition, personal development and a brain mapping, in one monthly plan.

Ask about full support

Monthly

Support and training

Physical training, the identity of a competing athlete, and habits that change for good.

Ask about support and training

Single session

Brain mapping

Understand what hurts, look honestly at your routines, and find your way out.

Book a brain mapping

The first session is free. Every path is different: prices come on the first call, in writing, once we know what you need.

Why no prices here?
Black and white close portrait of Leonardo Lemos in profile, breathing hard after a run
Leo in a green Ireland race kit marked LEMOS IRL, holding his World Triathlon medal in Townsville
Townsville, Australia, 15 August 2024. Racing for Ireland.

The price, paid.

In 2013 Leo arrived in Ireland with no network, no plan B and no excuses. He worked in restaurants and bars while he built a new life, brick by brick.

Leonardo Lemos is Brazilian and lives in Cork. He will tell you he is not a professional athlete; he is an amateur. Even so, he was the first Brazilian selected to race for Ireland at a World Triathlon Championships event, in Australia.

What he has is a method for closing the gap between fear and action, and he tested it on himself before he brought it to anyone else: in the Irish sea, at the Hardman, and in a plane, when he decided he would open his own parachute on his very first jump.

In 2023 he stood on a triathlon podium in Ireland, among the ten best athletes of the year. Today he is Honorary Consul of Brazil in Cork, a skydiver and a mentor. What he teaches does not come from theory: it comes from having paid the price.

We do not master the world. We master our own instincts, and that is what separates the people who only think from the people who act.

ReceiptPay the Price
In Ireland since 2013 No network, no plan B
13+ years
Open water, the Irish sea
13.5 °C and below
Cork City Marathon
2024
Cork City Triathlon
2024
Hardman Ireland’s iron-distance triathlon
Finished
World Triathlon Multisport Championships Townsville, Australia
For Ireland, 2024
Triathlon podium in Ireland Among the ten best athletes of the year
2023
Skydiving AFF course
Opened his own parachute on jump one
Coach training CIS method
Trained
Honorary Consul of Brazil Cork, Waterford and Kerry
2026
Total
Paid in full

Excuses or results? I always choose results.

Leonardo Lemos, in the film

Watch the film.

Aerial view of green Irish fields and a winding road, with the title Pay the Price in red

A short documentary by Moser Creative Studio: the sea at 13.5 degrees, the Cork City Marathon and Triathlon, and the days counting down to Townsville. In Portuguese, at the pace of someone who trains alone for hours.

Long distance is you pulling out your best performance, with your mind connected to it.

Leo running the Cork City Marathon in a Brazil-coloured top among the crowd
Cork City Marathon, 2024
Leo on his time-trial bike in an aero helmet, green fields blurred behind
Bike training, Cork
Leo running down the blue finish carpet of the Cork City Triathlon
Cork City Triathlon, 2024
Leonardo Lemos in glasses and a burgundy shirt, speaking to the camera

A talk for your team.

High performance without being a pro: how busy people train the head, the body and the habits at the same time, told by someone who does it before work.

  • The gap between fear and action, and how to shrink it
  • Body awareness, from a 13.5 degree sea to a skydive
  • Habits that survive a full calendar
  • In English or Portuguese, in person in Cork or online
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Business Overseers.

Away from sport, Leo helps companies launch new products and move between Brazil and Europe.

  • Expansion and trade between European countries, or from Brazil into Europe
  • Support for Brazilian companies entering the Irish market
  • 13+ years in Ireland, a network of contacts and training in Business and International Business
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Written by Leo.

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Pay the Price live.

A free evening on body awareness and self-defence, with Jaque Almeida. Dates are coming soon: join the list and you hear first.

  • Cork
  • Dublin
  • Online
  • December 2026
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    Before the first call.

    Do I need to be fit to start?

    No. Most people Leo works with are not athletes and do not want to become one. You start where you are, and the training block is built around your week.

    Is the first session really free?

    Yes. It is a conversation: where you are, where you want to be, why, and whether working together makes sense. No card, no commitment.

    Do we meet in person or online?

    Both. In person in Cork, or online by video call from anywhere in the world.

    In which language?

    English or Portuguese, whichever you think in.

    Why are there no prices on the site?

    Because the right programme depends on what you need. You get the price on the first call, in writing, before you commit to anything.

    Are you a nutritionist?

    No. Leo teaches the basics that worked for him and for his clients, done well. For anything clinical he will send you to a professional.

    Is it only about sport?

    No. The method uses an athlete’s mindset (discipline, focus and endurance) applied to real life: your career, your business, your health and your relationships.

    Does it replace medical or psychological care?

    No. The mentoring is educational and about performance. It does not replace diagnosis, treatment or care from health professionals.

    Do I have to sign up for months?

    No. Consulting runs four weeks at a time and you renew only if you want to. Mentoring runs for a duration you agree together, with the price quoted in writing before you start.

    Start with a free session.

    This is your turning point. Not tomorrow. Now.

    Tell Leo where you are and where you want to be. He replies personally to set up the first conversation.

    • No card, no commitment
    • In person in Cork or online
    • In English or Portuguese
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    Leo will reply personally to set up your first conversation. In the meantime, the film is nine minutes long.