What’s Your “Say:Do” Ratio?

Here’s a powerful concept that can help you get more of what you want done this week: the “Say:Do” ratio, originally taught to me by my own coach.

Here’s the gist:

Your “say:do” ratio is the relationship between the number of things you say you want to do – eat well, exercise, destress, spend time with loved ones, etc. – and how often you actually do it.


My coach told me his job was to improve his client’s “say:do” ratio, getting it as close to 1:1 as possible. As a coach myself, it’s my job to do the same.

This week, think about your own “say:do” ratio as it relates to what’s important to you.

You might be SAYING that eating well, exercising, de-stressing, and  spending time with loved ones is important… but are you actually DOING it?


If so – awesome! Keep doing what you’re doing.

If not – that’s okay! How can you take a small step today to change that?

If you’re feeling stuck, use a concept I wrote about previously: break whatever you want to do down into smaller and smaller action steps until you feel 9 or 10 outta 10 confident you can do it. 

Still feeling stuck?

Hiring a coach is also a great option to help you build the skills, tools, and mindsets necessary to do more of what matters in your life.


Hope this helps. Have a great rest of your day.

Love you lots.

❤ Ian

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