For a long time I've known that one of my greatest character flaws is my fear of failure. This has lead to be being plagued by analysis paralysis for a long time. I've known academic coaching is something I have wanted to do since the start of 2025, and it took me nearly 18 months to even begin a skool community. I have been very careful in every step that I have taken along this journey. This careful approach has meant that I have remained relatively within my comfort zone. But I am learning that I need to change. I need to be more comfortable with making mistakes and public failure. I need to not obsess over planning, but rather commit to a direction, begin well before I feel ready and figure it out as I go. Most recently this is evident with the 1 on 1 coaching I wish to begin. It has taken me far longer to launch than is reasonable because I am scared of not being completely and totally ready. I will launch tomorrow, even if it is not perfect, even if it is not fully complete, because I know I can figure it out as I go. I write this partly to provide an insight into me, partly as an accountability measure so I cannot back out in the morning. My 6 week goal (15 September - 27 October) is to give my absolute all to becoming the best possible coach I can be. I will work tirelessly to do so. I am however, aware that relying on willpower alone for this is insufficient and will lead to burnout. I will have to deal with that as I go, i will not stall by trying to plan. For those of you who will be joining the pilot program launching tomorrow, be ready. I request a continual stream of back and forth communication so I can get you to your goals as quickly as possible and so I can get as much data as possible over this coming period to sharpen my coaching skills as quickly and completely as possible.

I've stated before that I believe large scale goalsetting to be relatively low utility because we get the most benefit of just deciding what we need to do in the next 24 hours and then getting it done (pretty sure i got this from steve jobs). However something ive realised throughout the last few weeks is that it actually becomes easier to be stagnant without realising it when you don't have some larger timeframe to work towards beyond your weekly plan. I've realised that my last few weekly plans have all contained similar items which indicates i am not moving forward at the pace I would like. As such, I am experimenting with quarterly plans. I've broken the 3 month period from September 15 - December 15 into 2x 6 week blocks with clear goals for each block. My rationale is that now I have some metric to ensure my weekly plans are tied to tangible goals so if they are becoming stagnant, i will notice i am no longer on track to reach these quarterly goals. At this stage this is merely an experiment to see if it provides benefit, I am not necessarily endorsing it. "In the first 6 week block from 15 September to 27 October my focus will be purely on coaching. The marker for success would be a complete and total ability to provide absolute top quality coaching to ensure students achieve their goals. The way that I will do this is by spending an immense number of hours giving every possible bit of effort towards coaching and feedback. This will give me the data needed to determine exactly what is needed to give students the outcome they wish for In the following 6 weeks from 27 October to 15 December, my focus will be on growth and optimisation. I will direct my focus to attracting premium paying students, as well as systematising my coaching to reduce the direct input per student to allow me to take on as many students as possible whilst still maximising coaching quality."

Hey, so im just wondering like in this community are we able to provide a link or something to our essays or short answer responses to have them checked by you, or nah?

For kolbs cycle, what if you can't think of anything else to add cause im starting to realise im writing the similar experiments and prediction each time.

Hi! Today I went through the community and realised that I was actually unaware of a lot of the information regarding the different levels of the system and the documents available in each level. Honestly, I feel a little embarrassed that I hadn’t explored the app properly before and missed the information available in the Classroom. I do have one question regarding the Classroom, though. I haven’t quite understood what I’m supposed to do with the documents available under each level. Could someone please elaborate on how we’re supposed to use or work through them? Maybe this is also why I was always confused about how I’m supposed to plan my schedules. Thank you! 😊