Coaching practices for Implementation Intention Values
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Implementation Intention Values, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I genuinely intend to do the thing
- I know what matters to me in the abstract, but it stays a nice idea
- I’ve identified the area I want to change and now I’m just sitting on a vague intention like "be more present with my kids"
- I genuinely mean to do it, but the day swallows it every time and “I’ll get to it” never actually turns into doing it
- I have these big stirring intentions about leaving something behind and making the world a little better, but they just float there as inspiration
Practices that may help
- Set if-then implementation intentions for goal behaviors
Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
Hyperbolic Discounting — Why Future You Always Gets the Short End - Committed action: making specific, values-linked behavioral commitments
Translate a value into a specific, observable action you commit to this week.
Values-Based Action (ACT), Made Practical - Turn the chosen domain into a committed action
Convert the domain insight into a concrete, timed, values-linked behavior — not a vague intention.
Values Bullseye, Made Practical - Write when, where, and how plans for every behavioral goal
Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
Action Planning - Ground transcendental future thinking in present action
If your motivation is legacy or meaning-based, translate it into a concrete this-week action.
Time Perspective Therapy - Values-Based Action (ACT), Made Practical
Values-based action in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) means choosing behaviors that are consistent with what matters most to you — your values — rather than behaviors driven by avoidance of pain or approval-seeking. ACT distinguishes values (directions, ongoing) from goals (destinations, finishable); the emphasis is on the quality of action in the present rather than outcome attainment. ACT has robust meta-analytic support; values-based action is identified as a core mechanism. - Close with a forward-looking resolve
Choose one concrete intention to carry into tomorrow before closing the review.
The Ignatian Examen: Five Movements of Daily Review - Specify the when and where for every goal action
"I will do [behavior] at [time] in [location]" — specificity creates an automatic trigger.
If–Then Planning, Made Practical - Make a small public commitment that locks in the identity
A simple public or written commitment to an identity generates internal pressure to act consistently with it.
Identity Priming, Made Practical - End every AAR with one specific, time-bound next action
An AAR without a concrete next action produces insight without change.
After-Action Review: The US Army’s Tool for Continuous Learning
Related concerns
- Implementation Intentions
Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
Set if-then implementation intentions for goal behaviors
- Implementation Intention Movement
Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
Write when, where, and how plans for every behavioral goal
- Implementation Intention Performance
Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
- Implementation Intention Steps
Specify exactly when, where, and how you will act — not just what you intend to do.
- Aar Implementation Intention
An AAR without a concrete next action produces insight without change.
End every AAR with one specific, time-bound next action
- Actions Not Intentions
Specify when, where, and how you’ll act — not just whether you intend to.
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