Understanding Your Goals

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Domain

Life Coaching

Type

Worksheet

Phase

Discovery Goal Setting

Details

15 min Mid session As-needed

Topics

Values Identity Mindset

Coaching tools for personal clarity and intentional living.

When to Use This Tool

Client has set a goal that sounds right on paper but feels flat or hard to sustain in practice

Client can't explain why a goal matters to them beyond the surface-level answer

Coach wants to move past the stated goal to the value or need underneath it before building a plan

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There's a cascading question structure that asks 'what will this give you?' four...

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1 The client whose stated goal sounds right but produces no energy when discussed

Context

Client names a goal clearly and confidently. They can describe it, justify it, and outline steps toward it. What they cannot do is generate any real energy when talking about it. The conversation feels correct but flat. When asked why the goal matters, they give an answer that is reasonable and technically accurate — and still flat. The goal has been named at the surface level only. What lies underneath it has not been examined, and that missing layer is where the actual motivation lives.

How to Introduce

Frame the four-question cascade as going from the goal to what the goal is really in service of. 'You've named the goal....

2 The client who has been pursuing a goal long enough that its original meaning has been forgotten 🔒

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

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