How to Self-Coach Yourself to Achieve Your Next Goal (So You Never Have to Pay for a Coach Again)

My personal technique I use every day to maintain peak performance without burning myself out.

Want to achieve something?

You don’t need a coach.

I’ve got a simple technique I use to self-coach.

It’s what leaders use in the corporate world, because it gets lonely at the top - you don’t have anyone to push you to deliver. You have to do it yourself. This is how you become self-driven. It’s a must-have skill when you’re a senior leader.

It works amazingly well.

I adapted it to my needs I use it every day in my 9-5 to hit results faster, without waiting for permission, feedback, or accountability from someone else, and without burning myself out.

Note: this works when you want to achieve a goal. Not for processing deep emotional or personal issues, get external help for that.

So here’s how it works:

Step 1: Direct your thinking
Forget about what didn’t work in the past. No blame games, this won’t help you.

Instead, scan your past for wins. Take the best practices you can replicate or reuse to achieve your new goal. What worked? What progress did you make, even in small ways? Use that as fuel.

Then focus on the present and the future.

Step 2: Self-coach
Ask yourself the following questions in the following order. Write them down if you have to. Answer honestly.

1. What do I want to achieve in the next 3 months? (Define your goal)

2. What do I need to make it happen?

   1. what do I already have (tools, support, skills)?

   2. what do I still need and where/how/from who to get it?

   3. what worked well in the past (so that you can reuse it in the future)?

   4. what can go wrong in the future and how to address it (assess your risks)?

3. What’s the immediate next step?

4. When exactly will I do it?

That’s your action plan. You don’t need more time—you need more clarity.

Step 3: Follow-up
Set a recurring calendar reminder with the subject “Progress on my goal - So?!!”

Every 2 weeks or monthly, you choose. I use it monthly.

If you have slow or no progress, keep self-coaching.
Same questions. New answers. Continuous course correction.

That’s it!
It’s simple.
It’s effective.
And it removes the excuse of “I don’t have support.”

Because it’s an excuse.

You don’t need anyone to achieve what you want.

Just do it.

Yana

P.S. Have a GUT Time: eat no sugar - that’s how you remove brain fog and stay focused on your goal ;)

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