I Am a Human Being Identity Map

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Domain
Life Coaching
Type
Worksheet
Phase
Discovery Goal Setting
Details
30 min Between sessions
Topics
Identity Values Mindset

Coaching tools for personal clarity and intentional living.

When to Use This Tool
Client has a clear sense of self but hasn't connected it to their current goals
Client wants to set goals that reflect who they actually are rather than external expectations
Early in a coaching engagement and both parties want a comprehensive self-picture
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There's a worksheet that maps your identity through twelve sentence stems — what...

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1 The client whose goals feel disconnected from who they actually are
Context

Client has a list of professional goals that are coherent and reasonable. When asked which of those goals genuinely excites them, they pause. The goals were set in performance reviews, shaped by organizational expectations, and refined through conversations about career development. None of them were set by asking the question this tool opens with: who is this person, what do they love, what drives them? The twelve sentence stems build that picture from scratch, and the goals that emerge from or connect to that picture tend to be more durable than the ones that preceded it.

How to Introduce

Frame the exercise as reading the person before reading the goals. 'Before we spend more time on the goals you've been w...

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Values Hierarchy Builder

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