Dec. 22, 2025

Celebrate The Little Things And Watch Your Coaching Grow

Send us a text Big, flashy milestones get the spotlight, but the quiet wins are what actually move a coaching career forward. We open up about how progress hides in the small, repeatable actions most people overlook—smoother conversations, braver follow-ups, firmer boundaries—and why tracking those moments changes how you see yourself. Instead of waiting to feel ready, we make the case that real confidence comes from action first, feeling second, and we share practical prompts you can use to ...

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Big, flashy milestones get the spotlight, but the quiet wins are what actually move a coaching career forward. We open up about how progress hides in the small, repeatable actions most people overlook—smoother conversations, braver follow-ups, firmer boundaries—and why tracking those moments changes how you see yourself. Instead of waiting to feel ready, we make the case that real confidence comes from action first, feeling second, and we share practical prompts you can use to surface the proof you already have.

Together we unpack the shift from proving to practicing. Proving makes you chase external validation and swings your emotions between highs and lows. Practicing gives you a stable process: take a small step, gather evidence, evaluate, and try again. We walk through examples from coaching rooms where “start messy” is more than a catchphrase—it’s the fastest path to skill, clarity, and steady momentum. When you highlight micro wins at the start of every session, you compress the distance between effort and reward, rebuild trust in yourself, and reduce the doubt that creeps in between big results.

As confidence grows, a new challenge often appears: comparison. We preview how comparison hijacks focus and how a personal scoreboard of controllable actions disarms it. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to launch, post, invite, or lead, this is your nudge to move now, review later, and let the evidence of action reshape your identity as a coach. Subscribe for more grounded strategies, share this with a coach who needs a wins audit, and leave a review to tell us which small win you’re celebrating today.

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Chapters

00:00 - Rethinking Growth And Wins

00:31 - Why Micro Wins Matter

01:00 - Overlooking Small Wins

01:39 - Confidence Comes From Action

03:06 - Practicing Over Proving

04:32 - Teaser: Tackling Comparison Next

Transcript
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Most coaches measure growth by big milestones.

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More clients, more results, more confidence.

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But the truth is the real growth hides in the little stuff we overlook.

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So I want you to think back to this last week.

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Where did you show up in your life, even when it wasn't easy?

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What conversation went smoother than it would have gone if you had it six months ago?

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And what did you handle differently that the old you would have avoided?

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The answer to these questions will help you find what some of those small wins look like.

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So here's a reason why we ask you those questions.

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Because progress isn't loud, it's consistent.

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The act of repetition builds identity, not just the results that we finally get.

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Because celebrating those really small wins is what fuels long-term momentum.

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That's why in Elevate, we start every call celebrating these micro wins.

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It sounds simple, but it's what rebuilds confidence faster than anything else.

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So if you can't see the progress, look smaller because that's where it's actually happening.

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Now I'm curious when it comes to your coaching experience, why do you think we overlook the small wins?

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Because they don't actually create instant validation.

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And we're addicted to proof.

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We think that results are supposed to be big, but we don't realize that all of the accumulated wins are what builds those big wins.

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So what do you see shifts when a coach starts focusing on them?

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I see that they stop doubting themselves between those bigger moments.

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Just the consistency actually replaces that chaos.

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So when you start noticing these little wins, you're gonna realize that confidence isn't something that you find.

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It's something that you build.

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So next, let's talk about real confidence, what it actually looks like, and why most coaches chase the wrong version of it.

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So think about something that you were scared to do at first.

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Maybe your first coaching session, your first video, your first day as a leader on the job.

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Now, what was it about that that finally made you take the leap?

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And how has your confidence changed and grown since you did?

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The truth is, is this next area that you're focusing on works the same exact way.

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And when you've seen that you've climbed a mountain before, you know exactly what you need to do to climb the next one.

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I think people have this misconception that confidence is a feeling, but it's not.

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It's actually just evidence collected from action because waiting to feel ready will always keep you stuck.

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Every confident coach that you know used to feel terrified.

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They just chose to act anyway.

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That's why today's mindset shift is confidence comes from doing the thing before you feel ready.

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Inside our programs, we see coaches all the time who take their confidence to the next level by starting off messy.

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And we make sure that the room is a judgment-free place so that everybody can learn through that process too.

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Now, from what you've seen, what do you think is the biggest mistake that you see coaches make when chasing confidence?

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They think it's about proving instead of practicing.

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So then how can a coach create that real confidence today?

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Like I just said, it's about practicing, taking that action.

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The more you take action, the more you can evaluate how you can become better.

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And that will improve your confidence.

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Now, once confidence starts to click, a new challenge pops up.

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It's called comparison.

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You start looking around and wondering if you're behind.

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So in the next episode, we'll unpack why comparison actually shows up and how to stop letting it steal your growth.