Daily Thought for Change

Nudge - don’t push. Step - don't leap.

Helping people change what they do? That’s my thing.

Behavior change isn’t small.
When you change behavior - you change everything else:
Better results. Better habits. Better teams. Better business. Better people.

I’ve been reading another book on change—about turnarounds and transformations.

One thing I loved in it:
It wasn’t about changing minds or fixing beliefs, fixing people.
It was about nudges.
Tiny adjustments that make the right behavior easier. It changed entire organizations without draconian overhauls.

Nudges work because they respect the brain.

Your brain’s main job?
Save energy.
It’s not looking for deep thinking or moral debates, or the biggest change out there.
Your brain wants default settings.
Low effort. Clear path.

Nudges provide that.
They make the desired action easy enough to just happen. No change of beliefs or person required.

There’s a model supported by research that talks to that by Dr. BJ Fogg:

Behavior = Motivation × Ability × Prompt

Nudges increase ability (make it simpler).
They also act as prompts (reminders to act).
So you get more action… with a lot less push.

I’m seeing this in my own work all the time. I stopped trying to change people - I started helping them make new behavior easy. When you change what you do, overtime, YOU change.

I'm working on my sales and offers and I caught myself thinking, perhaps I'm asking too much too fast?
Buy in. Go deep. Decide fast. But maybe, instead of asking for commitment, I could make it easier to take one small step towards the solution?

Lower the lift.
Remove friction.
Let momentum do the work.

When we try to change what we do, or what others do, it’s useful to ask not how do I make them change their mind, or who they are, but how can I make the decision/action I want easy and simple for them?

Coach Angela,

Today marks 100🥳 (It was my #EntrepreneurMarathon)

100 days of waking up before 5am.
100 days of choosing what matters most:
my work, my health, my people.

I’m not there yet.

But I’ve learned something important:
When you show up, things shift, you grow… and are we EVER there?
You grow. You see what’s holding you back.
And you get to choose—
Work through it?
Or run away and chase “greener grasses”?

Day 100 also marks book #30.
I aimed for 33.
Didn’t hit it.
But I showed to myself—
I can learn fast - IF I make the time for it (calendar).

🎯 I thought I’d have big projects out by now, business-wise.
Instead? I’ve had real conversations.
I listened more.
Refined my offer.
Learned what people actually want. Further than ever - and yet not there :)

🥳I built a website I love. (Working with others)
Check it out here.

The coolest thing—
I built my own way of helping people change.
A method that works, I got it from 17 years of working and thinking, 17 years of learning.
Years of work. One clear system.
Feels good.

100 days. Some lessons that I hope to never forget:

💥 Most things don’t matter. Learn what matters to YOU.
🛑 Saying NO is a life-changer. Don’t waste time on things that you won’t remember in 100 days :)
🌱 No reps, no gainz. Effort is everything. Don’t get frustrated - put more, better reps in. Nothing great is EVER easy. Adjust expectations.
📅 If you want a masterpiece tomorrow—master today. There’s no later in growth.
🛠️Stay true to yourself. Build with others.
🤍 Lift others as you rise. Kindness first.

Building awesome things that matter with people you like is the best fun of all!

Bad days will come.
Life throws curveballs.
Sometimes, you’ve got to fix the plumbing instead of painting the masterpiece.
That’s life.
But when the sun’s out?
Build.
Use it for what matters the most.

The biggest downer - regret, that you haven’t lived your days true to what matters to you.

And if you want joy, clarity, freedom?
Know what you want.
Then work on it.
Even if it takes 10 years—
It’ll be the best ride of your life!

Let’s grow. Together.

Angela
Helping Your Best Stay in Growth 🌱