What's Your One More Move?

“I’m glad you’ve developed such a great routine,” I said to my client, “But it’s part of my job as your coach to push you a little harder than you would push yourself.”

He’s been writing job applications in the morning. In the afternoon he’s been studying up on the latest in his field of technology. In the evenings he’s been participating in his sports. He has plenty of savings so there’s no urgency, other than at this point he just really wants a new job.

I drew upon our shared martial arts and self-defense training.

“There have been times when I’ve been sparring and I’m throwing the same technique over and over. My Senseis would stop and tell me I’m in a cognitive loop.” I told him, “I think you may be in a cognitive loop.”

“No,” he explained, “I’m improving every time.”

“Yeah, I tried that with my Senseis. I told them, ‘I’m throwing the jab a little differently every time, I’m trying new things.’ And they would say, ‘That’s still a cognitive loop. And we can still read your jab. You need to do something entirely different.’ They usually encouraged me to throw a combination. Like a jab and a right cross.” I asked him, “What can you do to throw a combination?”

He thought about it for a moment. “I can make follow-up phone calls. That would be a jab and knee.” Drawing upon his current style of Muay Thai.

This client is AudHD, his routine was comfortable and predictable for his Autistic side. I didn’t want to take that away from him, just add one more move.

He was improving his process of applying for jobs, but after months he had landed only a handful of interviews.

Improvement and progress aren’t always the same thing.

His decision to make follow-up phone calls should gain him the progress he wants.

Where are you stuck in a cognitive loop?

What’s your one-more-move?

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