Write down one belief that limits your impact as a coach, replace it with a neutral statement you can test today.
Say aloud a strength that proves you are effective as a coach. Repeat it before your next meeting.
Choose a simple task you’ve avoided in your business, start it with a ten-minute timer.
Put a sticky note with a counter-belief on your desk. Read it before each client call today.
Swap negative self-talk with “What if I can?”, test it in a low-risk setting today.
Visualize yourself excelling at a coaching task you doubt, note how it feels.
Journal about a client decision you avoided due to self-doubt, how would confidence have changed the outcome?
Write the origin story of your strongest limiting belief about coaching, where did it start, and how has it shaped you?
Reflect on three consultants who challenged their limits, what beliefs helped them break through?
Note one missed opportunity from a limiting belief, how would you approach it now as a consultant?
Describe your inner critic in consulting, what voice does it use, and how rational is it when challenged?
List beliefs you hold about your consulting role, highlight those that sound like permanent limits.
Say yes to one coaching opportunity you’d normally decline, track what happens when you lean in.
Share a bold insight in a mastermind group, even if you fear it isn’t “polished.” Reflect afterward.
Volunteer to facilitate a client workshop you’d usually avoid, focus on showing up authentically.
Set a micro-goal that challenges a limiting belief, complete it despite discomfort.
Ask for feedback or support you’ve avoided, notice what happens when you step forward.
Rewrite your professional tagline with one bold phrase that challenges your self-belief.
Ask a client or peer what strengths you bring that you often underestimate in coaching or advising.
Share one limiting belief with a peer coach, ask if they’ve faced it and how they overcame it.
Request feedback after a session where you spoke despite self-doubt, compare inner and outer views.
Ask a colleague to share a time they doubted themselves but still pushed through, what helped?
Write down three positive comments clients made this week, note which ones surprised you.
Create a feedback loop with a peer coach, challenge each other’s limiting stories weekly.
Reframe “I’m not experienced enough” into “Every session is practice that builds expertise.”
Turn “I always overthink” into “I’m still learning to trust judgment”, notice the lighter frame.
Reframe a past client failure as data, what did it teach for your next engagement?
Translate “I’m not ready” into “I’m preparing”, list one step that moves you closer today.
When you think “I can’t,” ask “Who says?”, challenge that voice’s authority.
Change “I never succeed” into “I haven’t succeeded yet”, leave room for growth.
Track when your inner voice says “always” or “never” about your coaching, what client or task triggers it?
Observe admired consultants, how do they self-talk after risks or client missteps?
Catch yourself mid-thought when hesitating, what limiting belief is beneath that pause?
Listen for limiting beliefs peers share, are they the same ones you carry silently?
Note your body cues in self-doubt, tension, shallow breath, avoidance, what belief links to them?
Notice how quickly you dismiss compliments from clients, what belief blocks you?

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