By Leo Babauta
In this webinar, I discussed why it’s great to have a coach to learn a new skill … and how to become your own habit coach.
I mentioned the qualities of a good coach:
- Make it easy to get started – small, actionable steps
- Manage your emotions – give you successes, adjust if you feel like you’re failing
- Watch what you’re doing and give you feedback to correct
- Teach you key principles
- Give you a little bit of guidance/certainty
- Gives you accountability & reminders
- Pushes you to get through a bit of discomfort & laziness
How to become your own coach:
- Give yourself small steps to get started
- Give yourself small successes, and if you have failures or are feeling discouraged, give yourself easier successes to get back on track
- Watch yourself daily and during the weekly review, adjust your plan if you’ve been missing days with your habit
- Learn the key principles from me, from other experts, and through your own trial and error
- You won’t get guidance by yourself, but through trial and error, you’ll learn that you don’t need it, and that uncertainty is OK
- You can set up your own reminders, and add accountability from others
- You can push yourself through discomfort, a little at a time
Watch the webinar recording below, or download the video or just the audio.