Life Update

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Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Goal Setting Action

Details

15 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Values Identity Accountability

Coaching tools for personal clarity and intentional living.

When to Use This Tool

Client can state a goal but hasn't connected it to a personal reason that would sustain effort over time

Client's goal feels tactical but disconnected from a larger sense of mission or direction

Coach wants to establish a mission and vision context before moving into action planning

How to Introduce This Tool Plus

There's a worksheet that moves from a single goal to why it matters personally, ...

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Coaching Scenarios Plus

1 The client whose goal is disconnected from any personal meaning

Context

Client has a clear goal — typically career or financial — that they can describe accurately but cannot explain in a way that resonates. They know the goal is important and can list reasons, but those reasons do not produce energy. The 'why it's important personally' field on this tool is the mechanism that bridges goal to meaning, which the client has not done.

How to Introduce

Frame this as attaching the goal to a reason that will sustain it. 'You know what the goal is. What I want to understand...

2 The client with a tactical goal and no connective tissue to a larger direction 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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