{"id":8621,"date":"2020-03-02T09:03:42","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T09:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=8621"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:31:13","slug":"meta-programs-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/meta-programs-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Programs Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span>Beth Donovan<\/p>\n

The meta-program of moving towards a goal, rather than away from something negative, is very powerful.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It is a total shift \u2013 a different mindset.\u00a0 \"Beth<\/span><\/p>\n

I learned about this during my <\/span>coaching certification<\/a>.\u00a0 I work with this particular meta program frequently in health and weight coaching.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Clients tell me initially what they want to get away from or avoid.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I hear things like \u201cI don\u2019t want heart disease.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI want to lose 100 pounds by ____.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Those statements are moving away from something negative, such as heart disease or 100 pounds.\u00a0 The goals, what they do want, are a healthy heart or to weigh 150 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

Changing the mindset and looking at where they want to go is an amazing way to get there.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>My instructor from <\/span>coach training<\/a>, Cathy Liska, often says that if you go to a travel agent, you tell them where you DO want to go.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Telling them where you don\u2019t want to go does not give them a destination.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>If we have a destination in mind, then we can plan how to arrive there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shifting things from \u201cI don\u2019t want…\u201d to \u201cI do want…\u201d gives us a target of a sort.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>It is motivating as we begin to picture results in our lives.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>My clients enjoy doing vision boards or journaling about what life will be like at their goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another important meta program is internal versus external motivation.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Internal motivation is stronger and more lasting than external motivation because we are more invested in it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The more we want something for ourselves, the more likely we are to go get it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>When we have external motivation, we are doing something for someone or something outside of ourselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are other meta programs and they all matter.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>These two along with being proactive are ones that I have noticed seem to make the greatest difference in client success.<\/span><\/p>\n

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