If you were to break your leg, it would be a terrible idea to try to walk on it.

The bones would be unable to bear your weight, and you would likely cause additional damage just by trying.

Once the broken bone is realigned and healing has begun, you would likewise disrupt the process if you were to attempt to walk without the assistance of crutches.

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As a coach, I like checking in with my clients every day.

Not all of them like checking in with me every day. But those who communicate with me in between appointments are able to accomplish more. It’s simply a question of having more cycles.

There is certainly a limit to how many cycles you can have between live appointments, but it’s not three and it’s not five. It’s a lot more. The more questions that my clients ask, the more we can answer together.

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At one point, I set a goal to have 500 students at my music school. We didn’t hit it.

Looking back, I’m glad we didn’t hit it. That sounds like too many students to manage. The goal was divorced from its context and the necessary infrastructure to support achieving it. It was arbitrary.

I know that lots of people are motivated by big goals like that. If the goal is designed to be too ambitious to reach, it pumps them up and they end up achieving more than they otherwise would have.

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It’s been a busy few weeks.

We launched the last round of The Marketing Seminar. I launched the next round of my Business Strategy Group.

I finally sat down and booked travel and accommodations for a conference I had registered for for back in May.

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I’m in the midst of growing my coaching and consulting business again after a several month hiatus.

It’s been fun to step up my activity and bring in some new clients now that I can fully focus on it.

It has suddenly become important to set a target number of clients. This is not a goal. I’m not striving intensely to get to that number.

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