Spring Clean Your Life Toolkit USER GUIDE: How & When To Use Your Tools!
TOOL 4) Stop Procrastinating - Get It Done! Especially Good For:
Anyone who is procrastinating or avoiding doing a specific task or action.
Description and Purpose of Tool: If your client has a specific action/task they keep putting
off, this coaching exercise will help them decide 1) if it definitely needs doing and 2) brainstorm ideas to identify 3 things to get it started - or done!
Nothing says "Spring Clean" quite like completing things that have been hanging over us! If you can't find something to work on, check the Energy Zappers Exercise for action ideas to free up some fresh energy for your client.
Steps and How to Use: NOTE: This exercise can be done in one "sitting" as a complete exercise or each page can be a separate step. In addition Page 1 can be a standalone exercise to check and grow commitment to the task, and Page 2 can be used standalone as a way to brainstorm ideas to get a task started or done. PAGE 1 1. Go through the questions on page 1 with your client. Delve a little deeper with some additional coaching questions if your intuition tells you to! You could try questions like: - What wants/needs to be said/heard? - If you could wave a magic wand what would you do? - If there was an outcome you were secretly looking for, what would it be? 2. Pay close attention to your clients' responses to questions 7 & 8. Do they REALLY need to do this task? Really? And help them make a decision whether to either let the task go or fully commit to move forwards with it. 3. When working directly with a client questions 9 and 10 are at your discretion. PAGE 2 4. Ask your client to list 3 (or more) things they love for each of the 5 senses, plus what delights them. If your client finds this difficult - a great place to explore is what they loved in their childhood or as a teenager. 5. Next, ask them to review what they've brainstormed and use these ideas to identify 3 actions to get moving on this task. 6. Finally, ask them to score out of 10 how likely they feel they will complete this task now. As usual with the /10 scoring system, an 8 or more is great. If their score is 7 or less they'll need some more coaching. You could try the questions from step 1 above or ask, "What would secretly make the difference? What could make your score a 10/10?" 7. Finally, we ask them to commit to the task by signing their name. Like this coaching tool? Then you'll love our website! www.thecoachingtoolscompany.com
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