Goal Clarity Worksheet

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Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Goal Setting

Details

30 min Between sessions As-needed

Topics

Values Accountability

Coaching tools for personal clarity and intentional living.

When to Use This Tool

A client states a goal but isn't fully sure why it matters or whether they actually want it

Someone examining a goal from nine angles including cost, alignment, and emotional relationship

Separating goals they've genuinely chosen from ones they feel obligated to pursue

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1 Client whose stated goal is more about escaping the current situation than reaching something specific

Context

Your client wants out of their current role. That is the energy behind the goal: escape. The goal they have named - 'move into a leadership role' - is a direction rather than a destination. It was chosen because it is away from the current situation, not because leadership is what they most want. This distinction matters because it produces different actions and different standards for success. A client who is escaping is satisfied by almost any exit. A client who is moving toward something specific knows what they are looking for and can evaluate whether they've found it. Questions 1 and 2 on the Goal Clarity Worksheet - 'What do I really want?' and 'What value will this add to my life?' - are the specific fields where this distinction surfaces.

How to Introduce

Frame this as testing whether the goal is the real goal. 'The worksheet goes through the goal from nine different angles...

2 Client who has been coaching toward the same goal for eight months with limited progress 🔒

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