Clarity Creates Consistency: The Missing Piece Behind Lasting Change
The Christian Life Coach Podcast Episode 71
If you've ever said, "I just need to be more consistent," you're not alone.
Consistency is one of the most common struggles women bring into coaching.
But what if consistency isn't actually the first problem?
What if the real issue is clarity?
When we're clear about what we want, why it matters, and what actions move us toward it, consistency becomes much easier.
Let's talk about why.
Why We Struggle With Consistency
Many people assume they have a discipline problem.
They think they need more willpower, more motivation, or more self-control.
Sometimes that's true.
But often the issue is confusion.
When we don't know exactly what we want, where we're going, or what actions matter most, we hesitate.
We overthink.
We become overwhelmed.
And overwhelm often leads to inaction.
Clarity Starts With Knowing What You Want
The first step is deciding what you actually want.
Not what someone else wants for you.
Not what you think you should want.
What do you want?
This sounds simple, but many women struggle to answer it.
After years of caring for others, it's easy to lose sight of your own desires, goals, and vision for your life.
Clarity begins with deciding.
How Clarity Helps You Take Action
Once you're clear about what you want, you can begin identifying the actions that support that goal.
For example:
Weight Loss
Vague:
"I want to lose weight."
Clear:
"I want to lose 40 pounds, have more energy, and feel stronger."
Relationships
Vague:
"I want a better marriage."
Clear:
"I want more connection, communication, and quality time."
Business
Vague:
"I want more clients."
Clear:
"I want five coaching clients and I help Christian women solve a specific problem."
The clearer the goal, the easier it becomes to identify the actions that matter.
Clarity Reduces Overwhelm
One of the greatest benefits of clarity is that it reduces overwhelm.
When everything feels important, nothing gets done.
Clarity helps us determine:
• What matters now
• What can wait
• Where to focus
• What actions deserve our attention
Instead of trying to do everything, we can focus on the few things that move us forward.
Consistency Creates Evidence
Once we're clear, consistency becomes easier.
And consistency creates evidence.
Evidence that:
• We can trust ourselves
• Progress is happening
• Change is possible
• We are becoming the person we want to be
That evidence builds confidence.
Confidence builds momentum.
Momentum helps us keep going.
Consistency Before Intensity
Many people try to jump straight into intense action.
They want maximum results immediately.
A better approach is:
Clarity
Consistency
Intensity
Get clear.
Start small.
Become consistent.
Then increase the intensity over time.
This approach is more sustainable and far more effective.
Conclusion
If you've been struggling with consistency, take a moment to ask yourself a different question.
Am I clear?
Do I know what I want?
Do I know why it matters?
Do I know what actions move me toward it?
Because the clearer you become, the easier consistency gets.
And consistency practiced over time is one of the ways God transforms our lives.
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What if…
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The biggest problem isn't with consistency.
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Now, hear me out. I…
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absolutely believe that consistency matters.
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One of my mantras, after all, is small actions taken repeatedly over time create amazing results.
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I coach on consistency, I teach consistency,
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I am a preacher of consistency,
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And… I have been noticing something.
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Over and over and over again.
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The women who struggle the most…
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With consistency.
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are often struggling
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Not because they're lazy,
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Not because it's too hard,
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Not because there's something wrong with them,
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But, because they're unclear about what it is,
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that they want.
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They're unclear about what matters most.
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They're unclear about what actions
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are actually going to move them forward.
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And when we're unclear,
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We get overwhelmed, we procrastinate, we second-guess ourselves, we spin our wheels,
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Then we tell ourselves we're inconsistent.
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But what if the first step isn't trying harder and trying to push yourself,
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But what if that first step is about becoming more clear?
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on what you actually want.
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That is what I'm talking about today in the episode of the Christian Life Coach Podcast.
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So, hello and welcome to the Christian Life Coach Podcast. I'm Shanna, your Christian life coach.
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And today, I want to talk about something I've been thinking a lot about lately, and it keeps coming up, and I just keep noticing it.
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And if you've listened to this podcast for any length of time,
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you know that I talk about consistency,
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a lot. I believe, absolutely, that consistency changes
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lives. I do believe that small actions taken consistently over time create amazing results.
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And I believe that consistency is
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way more important than perfection, because also, I believe, that perfection doesn't even exist.
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that it's actually unattainable,
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And if we even consider ourselves a perfectionist, we're shutting ourselves down.
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So, I believe every bit of that, and also, I'm noticing
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Lately, that there is a necessary step before consistency
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become simple and even easy.
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And I do… as I've been thinking about it, I noticed I do talk about this in coaching, in my coaching with my clients.
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This is my little curtain is not closed.
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my… my grandbaby was in here.
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If you're not watching the video, I… my curtain behind me, um, was showing my husband's clothes, because my office is, in fact, in my closet.
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Um, so, in my coaching, I talk about this a lot with my clients, I talk about consistency no matter what we're coaching on.
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it… we are pretty much talking about consistency.
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I just haven't talked about it this clearly in this way before.
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And I'm… I'm…
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Noticing and realizing that it will be very helpful to myself…
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And my clients to address this step that I'm going to be talking about,
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Before, consistency is…
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actually effective.
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And that first step is more clear.
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Not instead of consistency. It's not clarity instead of consistency.
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It's BEFORE consistency.
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Because the clearer we become,
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the easier consistency gets.
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Let me say that again. The clearer we become,
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the easier consistency gets.
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And I see this everywhere. I see it in weight loss. I see it in relationships. I see it in coaching businesses.
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And I absolutely see it in my own life. And I will tell you,
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Right now, this actual second, what I'm doing is an example of this.
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I am very clear.
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that I…
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have committed to myself that an episode of my podcast goes out on Wednesdays.
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There have been a few times where that has not happened.
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But… when it is actually possible for me to do so, which it
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Typically is. I want to have an episode of the Christian Life Coach Podcast going out on Wednesday morning.
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Right now, it is 8.22 PM,
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Tuesday, June 23rd.
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And this podcast will go out tomorrow morning in the wee hours.
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And I am in my closet recording.
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I am…
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not at my best in the evening, but because I am clear about what I have committed to,
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Consistency.
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becomes easier.
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My commitment is that a podcast goes out on Wednesday. Very clear.
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That means…
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I need to have that podcast recorded and scheduled before Wednesday morning.
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That's the consistency. If I wasn't clear about it, and even if I just said,
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I… I want to have a podcast come out every week.
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Or, even…
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I want to do a podcast.
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That's not going to be clear enough for me to do it consistently to make sure that it's coming out at the same time each week.
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So, the clearer we are,
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the easier consistency becomes.
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The clearer we are about what we want,
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why we want it…
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And what it will take to get there?
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the easier it becomes to show up consistently.
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And again, I do talk about all of these things. What is it that you want?
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Why do you want it? I encourage people to come up with their list of whys,
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And then, what is it going to take to achieve that thing? But I haven't talked about it specifically as
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clarity before consistency, and I think that that really does matter.
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So,
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Why do we struggle with consistency?
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Most people think it's
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Because they have a discipline problem. They tell themselves, I just need more willpower, I need to try harder, I need to be more motivated.
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I just need to be more consistent, and sometimes that is true.
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Sometimes we simply need to do the thing that we committed to ourselves we are going to do.
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But many times the issue isn't a lack of discipline, it's…
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confusion.
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We don't know exactly what we want.
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We don't know exactly where we're going, we don't know exactly what
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Actions are even going to make a difference.
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And we don't know
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When… and when we don't know these things, we hesitate.
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We overthink, which I also consider underthinking. We second-guess.
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We get overwhelmed when we get overwhelmed, we stay stuck.
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Not because we're lazy, because we're unclear.
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So, imagine…
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Getting in your car and deciding, I'm gonna go on a trip.
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Get in the car, and you start driving, you stop for gas,
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You might turn here, you might turn there, you might make a few more turns, and a couple of hours later,
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somebody calls and says, hey, where are you headed?
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And you say, I don't know, I'm just driving.
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kind of ridiculous, right?
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But that's how we approach our goals sometimes, when we don't know what we want,
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why we want it, and what it's going to take to get there.
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We're not clear.
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And so, we're just kind of making random turns here and there, right?
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We know we want something different than what we have right now, but we're not completely clear on what that thing is.
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Clarity helps…
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in deciding, or clarity is…
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Clarity is deciding what we actually want.
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So the first question…
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is just that. What do you want?
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Not what your spouse wants.
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Not what your parents want.
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Not what social media says you should want.
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Not what you think you should want, but what?
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Do you.
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want.
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And I know…
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for a fact that this can be harder than it sounds. It should be so easy to know what you want.
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But a lot of women have spent years taking care of everybody else, seeing to everybody else's needs,
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Managing everybody else's expectations, and somewhere along the way, we stopped asking ourselves,
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What do I want? What do I even want?
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What kind of relationship do I want?
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What kind of health do I want?
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What kind of life do I want?
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kind of business? Do I want a business? What kind of business do I want?
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What kind of woman do I want to become?
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And you cannot move intentionally towards something that you have not identified.
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So clarity starts…
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with deciding.
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Clarity helps us to identify what actually matters.
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Once we're clear about what we want, we can start asking,
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What is it going to take to get me there?
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What are the actual steps?
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that are going to get me from where I'm at.
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to that place that I want to be.
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And I am all about getting
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really, really…
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practical on a granular level.
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So, let's think weight loss.
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If I say I want to lose weight,
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Too vague. That's not clear.
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But if I say, I want to lose 40 pounds,
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And I know that as I do that, I will have more energy, I want more energy, I want to feel strong.
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Now that I know exactly what it is that I want,
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And the reasons that I want
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to do that, I can start asking,
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better questions. What habits support the goal of losing weight?
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creating energy and feeling stronger.
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What are the habits that I'm doing that I'm currently practicing that work against that goal?
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What actions move me closer?
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What actions move me farther away?
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And I would get even…
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deeper than that, when am I going to do these things?
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That will move me closer.
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What does that look like in my regular daily life?
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But we're talking about clarity, so getting clear.
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helps you to be able to
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Um, to incorporate
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taking consistent action towards that goal.
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And the same thing applies in…
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so many areas, and I coach on all of these areas,
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And this applies to all of them.
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It applies to relationships.
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a statement that somebody might say is, I want a better marriage.
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Okay, what does that mean?
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more connection, more communication, more quality time with one another.
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Then, that's clarity.
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And then we can identify what are the actions that you can take consistently to support that goal.
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Same thing applies to business.
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And I see this a lot,
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in my…
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business coaching clients.
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is I want more clients, or…
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I… people…
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the coaches that I work with get frustrated that they don't… that they're not getting clients, and they think other people are getting clients.
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And so I asked them,
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What are you doing?
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What action are you taking?
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to invite people in.
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to become clients.
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And I usually get a blank stare.
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And it's not laziness, it's not lack of desire, it's lack of clarity.
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So then I ask, how many clients do you want?
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Who are these clients?
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What problem do you help them solve?
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What offer are you making them to invite them to become your clients?
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What is the action that you want them to take next?
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And the clearer we become,
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The easier it becomes to identify what matters. What is it that I need to do?
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to communicate with the people that I can help, that I want to help, that I have the solution to their problem.
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How can I talk directly to them? And when you have that clarity, it becomes so much easier
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To create content, and to make invitations to people to help them.
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clarity…
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reduces overwhelm.
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This is one of the biggest reasons that clarity matters.
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confusion creates overwhelm, and overwhelm…
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leads to inaction.
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Overwhelm leads to inaction.
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Overwhelm keeps us from taking action.
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And when we're unclear,
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everything feels important. We need to be doing everything.
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Every strategy, every opportunity, every idea, taking every piece of advice, well, they said to do that, and they said to do that, and I need to do all of it.
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So then, we become overwhelmed.
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And we either wear ourselves out trying to do it all,
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Or… we become overwhelmed, and we go into inaction, and we stay stuck.
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And then we wonder why we're exhausted.
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And clarity helps us to…
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eliminate. It helps us to focus.
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It helps us to say, this matters,
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This doesn't. This thing is for now, that thing is for later.
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And suddenly, we don't feel overwhelmed anymore. We know where to start. We know what matters. We know where our focus
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is directed.
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And this matters so much for my clients that are coaches.
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And that's top of mind because a lot of my clients right now are coaches, and I have a coaching
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program, actually two different coaching programs.
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Um, but it… it's this… it is so important for my weight loss clients, my clients that are working on relationships,
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it matters to everybody, and it really matters to my
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clients that are coaches that are working on cultivating their own coaching practice.
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And this… this is where I have started thinking about it, and where it's… where it's… where it has become.
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You guys, it is 8.33PM, my words are…
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are reflecting that.
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Um, so it is for my coaching clients that I have really come to
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be thinking about this clarity…
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Before consistency.
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Because a lot of coaches think that they have a consistency problem. They need to post more, they need to show up more, they need to market more, they need to be more visible.
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And while all of those things matter, consistency absolutely matters.
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a lot of times, I'm noticing what's keeping them from being consistent, from showing up consistently,
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from posting consistently is an issue of clarity.
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They aren't clear on who they're helping, what problem they hope to solve,
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The transformation that their coaching helps someone to get.
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what the offer is that they're putting out into the world, inviting people to the next step to take
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Um, to become their client.
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And what action you want that potential client to take.
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And when those things become clear,
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Content gets easier. Marketing gets easier, visibility gets easier.
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talking about your coaching gets easier, and consistency
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becomes easier. It becomes inevitable, and it is way more effective.
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And what happens is…
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you're no longer trying to say everything to everyone. You are speaking directly to the people.
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that you are called to help, that you have the solution to their problem.
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And I just want to put a shameless plug in here.
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I am doing a…
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business of coaching workshop on July
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13th, you can sign up for that in the show notes. I have the link.
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In the show notes, because
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a lot of us, and being included,
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We are trying to solve this consistency problem, when really what we need is clarity.
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Clarity is about the person that they…
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want to help. Clarity is about the problem that that person has,
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And about the message that they need to hear,
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And the offer that you're going to make them…
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And about the path that leads them from a stranger to a client.
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And once those things become clear, again, consistency becomes so much
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easier. So, if you're a coach, and you're working on cultivating a coaching practice, go sign up for that workshop.
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We're going to talk about all things…
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clarity, consistency, and the business of coaching.
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Okay, back to…
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Back to the main topic.
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So, consistency creates evidence.
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And here's where we're going back to…
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the… the matter of consistency.
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Because clarity isn't enough by itself. We…
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We can know what we want and why we want it, and what it takes to get there, but
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Eventually, you have to actually take action.
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So, get clear.
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And then you start building consistency in taking that action.
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That is going to move you closer to that thing that you want,
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weight loss, but closer connection with your spouse.
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a better relationship with your adult children, whatever it is.
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Once you're clear on what you want, consistency becomes easier. And that consistency, that taking action repeatedly over time, creates evidence.
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Evidence that we can trust ourselves.
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evidence that progress is happening.
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evidence that we're becoming the person that we want to become.
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And then evidence builds confidence.
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Confidence builds momentum.
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And momentum makes consistency even easier. And that is how the transformation happens.
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Clarity, consistency,
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Consistency built evidence.
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Evidence builds confidence. Confidence builds momentum,
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And momentum makes consistency even easier. End.
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The cycle continues, and you get closer and closer to becoming that person that you want to be.
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having that life that you want to have. It's not overnight.
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And again, it's not perfectly, because there is no such thing,
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But one clear decision…
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Followed by consistent action.
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And the cycle continues.
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And then, I really like this concept, and I actually learned this concept from
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Um, Elizabeth Benton, who wrote…
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tools for the trenches and chasing cupcakes.
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Consistency before intensity.
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One of the mistakes that we make in
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pretty much everything in weight loss, in physical fitness,
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if we want to start strength training or working out,
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Um, dieting…
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relationships, building a business, whatever it is.
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One of the mistakes that we make is trying to jump straight from doing nothing to do it intensely.
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to having a high intensity, going from not working out to going to the gym 2 hours a day.
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5 days a week.
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We want maximum results immediately. We want the whole transformation right now.
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But the better path, the more sustainable path, is get clear,
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Get consistent in taking even the smallest action.
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And then, once you're consistent taking that action, then you can increase intensity.
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So, walk consistently.
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Even a short walk, and then…
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After you're consistent at walking,
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every day, or 5 days a week, or whatever it is that you intend to do.
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Once you get consistent at doing that, then you can walk farther.
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Or you can walk longer.
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You can walk faster.
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So, consistency…
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It's… it's very important to build a consistency before you
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increase the intensity.
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And in building a business, or cultivating a coaching practice, I like to call it, is
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posting consistently.
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One post a week.
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Post consistently.
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Like, and it doesn't even matter what it is. This, at first, it's just to get consistent, right?
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And then, after you're consistent, then maybe you post more often.
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Then, you…
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increase the intensity in
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Editing your videos more.
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or creating better graphics.
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it works in praying consistently.
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And then maybe you start spending more time in prayer.
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Maybe you start interceding for other people.
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Start with consistency.
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Build evidence, and then level up.
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So, if you've been telling yourself, if you've been thinking, if you've been talking about it, I just need to be more consistent, why can't I just be consistent?
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I want you to ask yourself, are you clear in what you want?
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Do you know what you want? Do you know why it matters?
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Do you know what actions will move you towards it?
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Because the clearer you become,
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the easier consistency gets.
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And consistency, practiced over time is one of the ways that God…
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transforms our lives. Small actions…
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Repeated consistently.
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over time.
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And that is where the change happens.
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So if you are a coach building a business, which I like to call cultivating a coaching practice,
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I want to remind you, I have that workshop, it's coming up July 13th.
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You can attend live and work alongside us in the workshop, or you can sign up and you will get the replay sent to you, whether you show up live or not. So sign up,
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Whether you're going to come live or not, so that you get the replay.
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And the link is in the show notes.
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And if you're not a coach, but you struggle with consistency,
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in making the positive change that you want to make, schedule a right fit call. That link is also in the show notes.
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And we can talk about how coaching can help you to get more clear,
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So that you can be more consistent in doing the work,
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That will help you to make the change that you want to make.
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Thank you so much for being here today.
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And I would so appreciate it if you would send this out to your friends, share it on your social media.
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Like, subscribe, comment, review, whatever it is where you're listening or watching.
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And remember that life coaching is life-changing, one renewed.
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thought at the time.
