Turning coaching into a simple but comprehensive system

Hey guys, one thing I'm super wary of is not overcomplicating the coaching process. I want to make it as simple as possible to make this an easy process for each and every one of you, whilst ensuring we continue to maximise results. I've come up with a 3 stage process to coaching which I think will help whilst giving you all clarity on what you should be doing:

The approach to coaching is similar to the way a doctor operates. You (the patient) bring me a list of problems / symptoms, and it is my job to ask questions to collect the information that I need to make a diagnosis about what the underlying problem is. We then work together to come up with a strategy to address the underlying problem. Over the coming days and weeks, we continue to tweak the strategy according to any issues that come up until it is right. We then stick with the strategy until it feels automatic, at which point we can move onto the next problem.

In practice, this looks like:

Stage 1: Diagnose

Conversation about the biggest issues you are currently facing, and what is causing them, ultimately leading to the first version of a strategy to fix the problem

Stage 2: Iterate

Create an “Experiment” which is your action plan to implement the strategy, and a “Prediction” which is what you expect will happen as a result of your “Experiment"

This will make up the “Tomorrow” section of your Daily Check-In
For example:

Experiment: I will install an app blocker to block instagram at 9pm

Prediction: I think this will help me get into bed and go to sleep earlier

2. Note the “Result” of your experiment, “Compare” the result against the prediction, and create a “Hypothesis” of why you think the result matched/did not match the prediction.

This will make up the “Today” section of your Daily Check-In
For example:

Result: I ended up watching Youtube on my laptop

Comparison: This did not match my prediction as I still went to bed at 11pm

Hypothesis: I can still easily consume media on devices other than my phone

3. Update your experiment / prediction with this new data in mind

This will make up the “Tomorrow” section of your next Daily Check-In, creating a cycle of continuous improvement

In the beginning, you will continuously find your experiments do not lead to positive results, and that there are a lot of problems you didn’t anticipate encountering. Over the span of a week or two, you will find that eventually you will reach a point where you have fixed all of the potential issues and you will have successfully created a strategy to solve the problem.

The difficult thing will be ignoring all of the other potential problems that exist in your current system, and dedicating all of your focus to the single problem that we identified needs to be solved first.

Stage 3: Ingrain