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Module 2 · Lesson 10
Lesson 10 of 14

Not 'what's your goal'. 'What can you realistically do?'

‘What’s your goal’ gets you an aspiration. ‘What can you realistically do’ gets you a time budget — the actual hours they have.

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Card 1 of 6: “Not ‘what’s your goal’. ‘What can you realistically do?’”
Card 2 of 6: ‘What’s your goal’ gets you an aspiration. ‘What can you realistically do’ gets you a time budget — the actual hours they have.
Card 3 of 6: Aspiration goals collapse around week four. When the client realises the plan never fit their life. Time-budget goals survive.
Card 4 of 6: And reframe the small number. One hour a week is 100% more than zero.
Card 5 of 6: The drop-out isn’t a motivation fail. It’s a goal that was never compatible with their life. Ask the real question on day one.
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The lesson

  1. ‘What’s your goal’ gets you an aspiration.

    ‘What can you realistically do’ gets you a time budget — the actual hours they have.

  2. Aspiration goals collapse around week four.

    When the client realises the plan never fit their life. Time-budget goals survive.

  3. And reframe the small number.

    One hour a week is 100% more than zero.

  4. The drop-out isn’t a motivation fail.

    It’s a goal that was never compatible with their life. Ask the real question on day one.

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