The Self-Coaching Model

Every once in awhile I come across a universal truth that makes me think, “Yes! This is exactly what I’ve been thinking, only this person has said it so much more eloquently – why didn’t I think of that?!”

This Self Coaching Model, formulated by Master Coach, Brooke Castillo, is one of those truths. It’s a formula used to solve any problem.

I just can’t deny the beauty of it.

Your circumstances affect your thoughts, which affect your feelings, which affect your actions, which affect your results.

Here is what Brooke shares about each of those:

• A circumstance is a neutral fact.

• A thought is a sentence in your head about a circumstance.

• A feeling is a vibration in your body caused by a thought.

• An action is what your feelings cause you to do.

• A result is the consequence of your action.

You can’t change a fact. But you can change a thought. That means, in order to get different results in your life, changing your thoughts will automatically affect your results (because it affects your feelings, which affect your actions, which affect your results).

Therefore, if you want to change the results you are getting in your life, you have to change your THOUGHTS. So much of the time, we try to change our actions without changing our thoughts, so our results don’t change.

Think about it in terms of smoking. So many people try to quit smoking by changing their actions. But if they haven’t changed their thoughts.

Circumstance: Smoking
Thought: Even if I stop, it won’t make a difference.
Feeling: Lethargic.
Action: Don’t stop smoking.
Result: No difference is made.

Results don’t change by action alone. They need the thoughts to be aligned with the action.

What if instead, the model looked like this:

Circumstance: Smoking
Thought: I can go without a cigarette for a day.
Feeling: Determined.
Action: Doesn’t have a cigarette today.
Result: A difference is made – a day without smoking.

The elegance of this model is the simplicity. It works every time to change your results.

Change your thoughts, change your life.