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You have a great idea. You have the skills. You have the timing.

So why is it still stuck in your head?

In this Ask Coach Tony, I share the story of a client whose business idea sat untouched for months, until one small shift moved it out of her head and into the real world. I break down the high-achiever pattern that keeps your own goals waiting in line behind everyone else's, and the mental shift that changes it.

If you are a high achiever who always puts everyone else's goals ahead of your own, this conversation is for you.

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(Originally released 1/18/2026)

The way you talk to yourself matters more than you think.Your brain is always listening. And it believes what you tell it.

If you’ve ever caught yourself saying things like “I’m so stupid,” “I can’t do this,” or “I’m just not cut out for that,” this video explains why those words are more dangerous than they sound.

Your brain doesn’t treat self-talk as jokes or venting. It treats your words like instructions.

In this video, I break down:

• Why negative self-talk quietly turns into belief and identity
• How your brain’s filtering system reinforces whatever you repeat
• Why self-talk can either support your goals or sabotage them
• Two simple ways to start rewiring the voice in your head

And if you’re tired of being harder on yourself than you’d ever be on a friend, I want to invite you to my next free Goal Crusher Coffee Chat.

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She thought she'd found her dream job. And then it was gone.

That layoff didn't derail Gabbi. It gave her permission to stop reacting to her life and start building the one she actually wanted.

In this Interview with a Goal-Crusher, Gabbi shares how she stopped following someone else's script, bet on herself when nothing was certain, and built a career out of two passions most people would never think to combine.

Have you ever poured everything into a path that wasn't really yours? This is your reminder that you can always make a different choice.

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7/17/2026, 10a ET

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(Originally released 3/29/2026)

My clients don't know each other. They're working toward completely different goals. But this quarter, they said nearly identical things.

That's not a coincidence. That's a pattern worth paying attention to.In this Bonus Mile, I open up my Coach's Notebook and share three quotes from Q1 that stuck with me, what each one revealed about the hidden stories high achievers tell themselves, and why those stories matter more than most people realize.

If you are a high achiever who has ever felt stuck, overlooked, or not quite sure you have what it takes, this conversation is for you.

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The words you say to yourself every day are either pointing you toward your own goals or quietly steering you somewhere else.

Most of us don't notice which one is happening.

In this Ask Coach Tony, I walk through three phrases that sound completely innocent but may be keeping you stuck chasing someone else's dream instead of your own.

If you are a high achiever who works hard but can't shake the feeling that you're running on someone else's hamster wheel, this conversation is for you.

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The seasons always change. They don't have a choice.

Your personal growth? That's a different story.

In this Bonus Mile, I share three ways my 2026 goals are springing forward, and why the goals that matter most are the ones that are actually yours.

If you are a high-achiever who keeps moving but never stops to see how far you've come, this conversation is for you.

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What if failure isn't the opposite of success, but the secret to it?

You've been avoiding it when you should have been chasing it. The question is how fast you're willing to try.

In this Ask Coach Tony, I challenge the way you think about failure, reframe what it actually means to fail, and make the case that the fastest path to your goal runs straight through it.

If you are a high achiever who has been playing it safe because you're afraid of what failure means about you, this conversation is for you.

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Welcome to the Ask Coach Tony podcast!

Hi, I'm Coach Tony, and this is Ask Coach Tony.

These are unfiltered field notes from the goal-crushing life: coaching wins, personal breakthroughs, and the failures that taught both me and my clients the most. All real, all useful, all here to help you move forward.

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