Self-Sabotage Pattern Tracker

Spot the repeatable behaviors and triggers that derail your goals, using a coach-tested tracker to identify patterns and plan interruptions.

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When to Use This Tool

A client who keeps getting close to a goal and then doing something that derails it

Someone who suspects they're getting in their own way but can't see how

A professional whose self-sabotage is sophisticated enough that it looks like reasonable caution from the outside

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Think of a pattern that keeps repeating — a situation where you know what you sh...

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Tool Classification

Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Reflection

Details

30 min Between sessions As-needed

Topics

Mindset Accountability

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1 Manager whose promotion bids have stalled in the same way three times

Context

A manager has been passed over for promotion three times in five years. Each time, a different reason was given - insufficient executive presence, not ready for the scope, timing. The client has addressed each stated reason but the outcome hasn't changed. The pattern is starting to look less like bad luck or organizational timing and more like something the client is contributing to, though they haven't yet identified what.

How to Introduce

Position this as pattern recognition, not blame assignment. 'What we're looking at isn't whether you deserve the promoti...

2 Entrepreneur who consistently exits businesses right before a growth inflection 🔒

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