May 19, 2025

The 90-Day Path to $5K Months

Send us a text Wondering exactly when your coaching business will finally hit that consistent $5,000 monthly income? You're not alone. This burning question reflects what almost every coach secretly worries about – when will all this hard work actually pay off? The surprising truth we reveal in this episode is that your timeline isn't determined by the calendar at all. While many coaches hope for a magic number—six months, one year—the real factors that determine your income timeline are muc...

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Wondering exactly when your coaching business will finally hit that consistent $5,000 monthly income? You're not alone. This burning question reflects what almost every coach secretly worries about – when will all this hard work actually pay off?

The surprising truth we reveal in this episode is that your timeline isn't determined by the calendar at all. While many coaches hope for a magic number—six months, one year—the real factors that determine your income timeline are much more personal: the clarity of your message, the strength of your belief in what you offer, and how consistently you show up where your ideal clients can find you.

What makes coaching particularly challenging is that you're simultaneously building two things: a business AND your identity as a leader. This dual development creates a unique journey that can't be rushed or forced into someone else's timeline. The coaches who reach $5K months fastest aren't necessarily the ones working hardest—they're the ones solving the right problems in the right sequence with the right support.

Could you reach consistent $5,000 months in 90 days? Absolutely—but only when you're focused on the strategic priorities that actually move the needle. If you're ready to stop guessing and start implementing a personalized path to consistent income, check out our Coach Accelerator program. Book a free strategy session with us or reach out on our social platforms to learn how we can help you leverage your unique strengths to create the impact and income you desire.

Want a personalized strategy session for free? Book a free call with Marc or Teresa: https://www.modernleadership.us/apply

Whether you're going through a challenge, or working on a powerful goal, join Marc or Teresa for a 20-minute strategy session and leave the call with a plan to make it happen!


Chapters

00:00 - Coach's Question About Consistent Income

01:31 - Identity and Business Building Together

02:23 - The 90-Day Reality Check

Transcript
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Are you wondering how long it's going to take to finally hit consistent $5,000 months?

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You're not alone, and the right answer might actually surprise you.

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If you've been working hard still but you're not seeing that $5,000 per month mark, this video is for you.

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So welcome to Modern Leadership, where we answer questions from our community and our coaching programs to help you grow the confidence and skills you need to make more impact and income than you ever have.

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Today's question comes from one of our Coach Accelerator members, michael, who asks something that we hear all the time.

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Hey Teresa and Mark.

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This is Michael Jones from Birmingham, alabama.

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You can find me online at LinkedIn and search for Encouraging Leader.

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I've been in your Coach Accelerator program for about 90 days and I am thrilled because I've learned more from y'all than I have in 90 days from most other programs combined.

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I serve folks that are career professionals who have been in their careers for 10, 20 plus years and they just don't feel connected to what they do anymore.

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They feel frustrated and they don't know what to do next.

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Well, I help those folks figure out what to do next.

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My question for the two of you is something that may be a little bit controversial and you may have to copy off the heck out of it, but I'd like to know, realistically, how long you would tell a new coach they would need to take to build up their practice before they'd see a consistent stream of revenue from coaching.

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And by consistent you can.

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You can assign whatever dollar sign you want to.

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Typically, people stick it at the $5,000 per month mark.

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But whatever you're, you're whatever you want to assign to, that please do.

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But I'd just love to hear you say how long would it take a coach a new coach to build up a steady stream of revenue.

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Okay, so here's where we dive into the deeper why.

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This question isn't really about money.

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It's about certainty.

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Most coaches want to know when the effort starts paying off, so they can stop second guessing themselves.

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But here's the truth.

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Your timeline isn't based on the calendar.

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It's based on the clarity of your message, really the problem you help people solve, your belief in your offer and the way you show up consistently.

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The real challenge, though most new coaches are building a business and their identity as a leader at the same time.

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So let's go into the what.

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If we had to give you a number, we'd say 90 days is possible, but only if you're focused on the right things.

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It's not about hustling harder.

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It's about solving the right problems in the right order.

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This is why coaching is so powerful, because your path to $5,000 won't look like someone else's.

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So if you're someone who is serious about making $5,000 a month or more but unsure where to focus, that's why we created our program called the Coach Accelerator, and we'd love to share it with you.

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You can book a free strategy session with us or reach out to us on any of our social platforms to hear the details.

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We'll even leave you the link in the description below.

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The truth is is there's no one size fit all to anything, even your steps to 5,000.

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But when you lean into your strengths and you have the strategies, the confidence and the skills to get there, you will find a way to move forward and hit your goals, not only because you want to hit it, but because of the impact that's going to make in the world.