Coaching practices for Commitment Coaching

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• I start each coaching conversation from scratch and never circle back to what the person said they’d do last time
• I start every commitment on fire and dead serious, and then a few weeks in I notice the drive has quietly drained away without me even clocking it
• When the practice step is just a private promise to myself, I let it quietly slide every time with nobody the wiser
• The people I coach leave fired up with a plan, but the first ordinary snag throws them and the whole thing quietly dies
• When it’s just a promise to myself I let it slide without a second thought, but the moment I have to say out loud to someone else what I’ll get done and then report back, suddenly I actually follow through.

Practices that may help

1. Commitment Contracts, Made Practical
   A commitment contract binds your future self to a course of action by attaching real costs — financial, social, or reputational — to failure. The evidence from savings programs and behavioral economics is solid for financial commitments; effects on health and habit change are positive but more variable, and contracts work best when you already want to change.
2. Close the GROW loop with session review
   At the start of the next session, review what was committed and what actually happened before setting a new goal.
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
3. Schedule commitment renewal to prevent drift
   Recommit explicitly every few weeks — the motivation that drove the original contract fades faster than the contract itself.
   Commitment Contracts, Made Practical
4. Use public commitment to close the action gap
   Announce a specific next skill-building action to someone who will follow up.
   The Confidence–Competence Loop
5. Obstacle anticipation before close
   Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
6. Run a weekly accountability session
   Hold a short weekly meeting — just 20 minutes — where each person reports on last week’s commitments and makes new ones.
   The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX)
7. Build a concrete Will commitment
   Convert the chosen option into a specific next action with a date, and ask "what will you do?" not "what will you try?"
   The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical
8. Use commitment devices to make future behavior harder to avoid
   Pre-commit to the behavior now — when your current self is motivated — to bind your future self.
   Action Planning
9. Secure Will — convert the best option into a specific commitment
   Close the conversation with a specific, self-declared commitment to a concrete next action.
   The GROW Model: Coaching Conversations That Actually Move People
10. Write a formal commitment contract with a referee and stakes
    Formalize your goal with a clear metric, a deadline, stakes you’ll lose if you fail, and a referee who enforces it.
    Commitment Contracts, Made Practical

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