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🙀 The Power of (Cat Food) Accountability: A Real Story

Published 10 days ago • 1 min read

Reading Time: Short Note, Worth the Read (under 60 seconds)

Okay, one of my coaching client's many years ago lost 30 pounds in the 5 months or so leading up to her high school reunion. Here's how:

  • She decided she really wanted to do it--and why (she wanted to knock the socks off of her high school boyfriend by looking and feeling her best)
  • She knew she could do it, if she focused and stayed committed
  • She needed accountability, so it became one of her STMA 100-Day Coaching Goals: Lose 30 pounds (of fat).

She told me to give her a consequence, any consequence I knew would work.

So I did what any logical person would do: I bought her a can of Fancy Feast Cat Food (Seafood edition). If she lost the weight, she didn't have to eat it. If she didn't, she'd have to eat it (while I was having something far more appetizing ... like real human food).

I told her to carry it around with her everywhere. To put it on the table with her at every meal. And anytime she wanted to eat something not in alignment with her goals, she needed to remember how much she (a) wanted to hit her goal and (b) how much she didn't want to eat the cat food.

Yes, this is a real story. I'll be back tomorrow to share how to win your day before breakfast.

See you then,

Honorée Corder.
Author. Executive Book Producer.

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P.S. Want to set goals so compelling you'll actually achieve them? Vision to Reality teaches you how to create SMART goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, risky, and time-sensitive—the exact framework my client used to lose those 30 pounds (minus the cat food). Learn the complete system for turning your vision into reality in just 100 days. Get your copy here.

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