but what happened was a lot more than that. Chris laid out the importance of setting weekly (and quarterly) targets for all areas of my life. Business, health, family/friends.

But I’ve benefited from working with Chris because he is NOT a peer accountability partner. 

He’s someone at a higher level. More experience, better mindset, different (and better) strategies and systems, etc.

Yes, there’s the “did you do X last week like you said you would?” part of it. That helps. But where things get more interesting (and helpful) is when my answer to whether I did X is “umm . . . yeah, kind of . . . sort of . . . no.” Then we dig into why not and things get deeper and more interesting.

The majority of the time on our weekly phone calls focus on business stuff. But there have been weeks where we pretty much talked no business at all because other stuff was going on in my life that took priority.

I’d say his approach is holistic and flexible. Holistic in that, while recognizing that the main focus of the call and my participation in

his program is to move forward in business, he knows that business is just a part of life, so he makes sure I’m making progress in other key aspects of life: health, relationships, etc. 

Flexible in that if a strategy he suggests isn’t working for me for

whatever reason, he has a bunch of others he can suggest that might work better.

Anyway, it is Monday morning (at least on the U.S. west coast). If you haven’t made the progress you hoped to in the last week (or month or year), maybe ping Chris to see if he can help you.

He probably can."

It has been a huge help for me to stay on track and keep me accountable on my weekly and quarterly goals.

I can definitely say my productivity has increased exponentially in the past year."

There’s something hard to define about what happens with an accountability coach. Perhaps an example will help – last week was One of Those Weeks, where I got hit on all fronts with unexpected work stress, home stress, family stress, and health stress. 

I was already relatively good at staying calm and tackling things head on.

But the huge difference now is that I had a much

clearer picture of my goals, could acknowledge how my current actions were already in support of those goals, and was able to let go of all the less important actions that I had planned to take but no longer could due to these unexpected events. 

It’s the difference between beating myself up for not making massive progress on multiple fronts and acknowledging the progress I am making on critical goals, along with nurturing multiple aspects of my life.

There’s something about being forced to review things every week with someone else that gave me a different level of clarity. Chris, of course, cares deeply about the success of his clients and knows how to challenge people directly but with compassion. 

I was fortunate enough to get to know him at the last Summit!

I want to also thank whoever it was that recommended Clickup in Chris’s Laser Focus thread. I’ve tried dozens of tools over the years (including paper) and I’m loving this one!

Quick Story to tell you how working with Chris has been a life-changing experience for me!

With the help of Chris, in 6 months my mindset has evolved beyond what I probably could have done on my own in a year or two, by shifting myself from somebody who talks too much and never takes consistent actions to somebody who talks little bit less

and, most importantly, TAKES ACTIONS EVERY DAY

"Just got off the phone with Chris. Having just a 45 minute conversation with him has completely shifted my thinking in terms of moving forward with entrepreneurship.

He is straight to the point, no BS, no trying to sell me his services. Just pure value. I'm not currently at the point where I'm ready for Chris' service, but he knows his shit & I can't wait to work with him in the near future. If you're hesitating to give him a call - Don't."

"Chris is super sharp and is aware of many facets of entrepreneurship and can help get your existing business optimized. If you're starting a new business, he'll tell you any potential barriers you may face, which is super important before you waste years building something that has a slim chance of succeeding.

Most importantly however, what Chris does is help you establish a 

mindset that is required to grind every day before you make your first sale. Despite all that, you are the key piece to make your thing work. You must already have the work ethic and you must also have the "fire". Without that, no one can help you. There's no such thing as a silver bullet or a shortcut. You must be out there

fighting every day and Chris will help you steer if you want it badly enough."

"I had a call with Chris this week. After reading through here, I went in with an open mind. He didn't fail to deliver. In fact, it was more valuable than I expected. In those 45 minutes, I was able to gain a deeper understanding of my situation. I've really struggled to find my niche, network, and remain accountable to my goals. I haven't had anything stick for me since I left my job.

A lot of my expectations were based on ideas that had no merit.

I realized I had no reference point for all the effort that I was putting in. I found out that my situation isn't unique. There is a way to pivot out of it. It will take some trial and error, but the insight I gained from the call gave me plenty of perspective to work with. I'd encourage any dealing with similar issues to schedule a call."

"I worked with Chris for the last 4 months. He helped me set clear goals and change my mindset deeply. Big part of the work is understanding your priorities and acting consistently over time according to that prioritization. Chris taught me a set of tools to do this and essentially change how I think about my day-to-day activities, my time, and about life in general. He also helped me with advice and guidance on some of my projects, which is also highly appreciated.

For anyone still on the fence, it is a small investment that will provide great ROI in the long term."

Had my call with Chris 2 weeks ago. To be honest, I had mixed feelings…however! This turned out to be a great thing… Chris listened to my business problems thoroughly, and basically deduced my problems stemmed from my business not being a great idea, and my lack of forward progress was also due because it was out of my element… this left me a bit miffed originally…. HOWEVER, I started to work more on my freelance engineering

business, it doesn’t really follow CENTS, that’s why I never pushed hard on it…But I’m definitely much more in my element, and have 7 years of Knowledge and experience!… So I dove in! Rebranded as EngineerThis and Long story short, that business picked way up! I’m getting the best feedback I’ve ever had in my life! I absolutely love it! And I do have ideas how to get closer to the CENTS framework! So I’m really appreciative of Chris, for smacking me straight, and setting me on the path I should’ve been on this whole time! It’s so obvious now! Haha.