Coach.me - Goals & Habits

This release includes a number of bug fixes to underlying partner APIs. Uh... that just means we're updating our connection to Facebook. How are you otherwise? You don't see a lot of app updates from us because so much of our work is on the content side. That work doesn't require an actual app release--rather you see it directly in the app immediately when we are done. What's new since our last update? * We're profitable. We weren't always. In fact, we used to lose a lot of our investor's money. But now we make money on our coaching business. That's a huge relief to me personally and should be at least a minor relief to you. From your perspective, what this means is that we won't go out of business or sell the app to some w.e.i.g.h.t watchers or anything like that. * If you haven't seen, I'm running a personal coaching group of a few hundred people based around the idea of training your mind like you train your body. It's called Heavy Mental. Google it or look for the in-app promo. * If you're looking for a new habit to track, I would suggest Write In Journal. We did a journaling module in Heavy Mental and it was the most powerful thing, you basically end up serving as your own therapist. * If you're looking to get smarter, we've been publishing more of the Coach.me lessons over on Medium.com under the publication Better Humans. The articles we've published there have been amazing. I highly recommend checking them out. * And, as always, lots of great coaches on the platform to help you maximize your success. In service, Tony, Founder/CEO of Coach.me

This release lets us put community announcements into your notifications tab. That probably sounds like ads. Let me say a bit more about what I want to do. There are two goals on Coach.me that I want to promote. One is a paid goal that I run to do deep dives on different productivity topics. So far we've done personality assessments, single-tasking, and automation. We're about to move into morning routines. I'd like to let people know when we start a new topic. That is an ad though--we make money when people join. However--you should know something really nice about that money. That paid goal was the last bit of revenue that tipped us from being a money losing company to a money making company. Hurray! If you just pictured me flying around in a private jet paid for by your hard earned cash, let me give you a different picture. For years, we've been burning through investor money and we were getting really close to running out. So, when I say profitable, what I really mean is that we tipped from an unstable startup into a stable company. Nobody seemed too worried--but I bet you would have been ticked if we'd gone out of business. That's not a risk anymore. Hurray, right? The second group I want to promote is Use Coach•Me. That's a generic goal that already has a small community around it. I'm thinking about promoting it more widely because I think our community needs a general discussion area. What's hot? What are working on? How are your kids? The best part of Coach.me is the community. But we're all segmented. The problem with both groups is that we don't have a way to let people know about big community announcements related to them. So, that's what this release is about. In service, Tony, Chief Coach

This release fixes the bugs that were causing crashes for people from yesterday's release. * * * * * Here are the release notes from the last release, i.e. what we were actually trying to do rather than introduce bugs. This release adds a dedicated tab for personal coaching. Personal coaching is about speeding up your path to success so that you reach your goals faster and maybe even surpass what you were originally shooting for. All of our coaches have personal experience with the goals they coach and have proven track records with hundreds of clients. The most notable piece of our coaching program is the increase in success rates. A person with a coach is 300% more likely to reach their goal. To try a coach, go to the coaching tab and either search for a goal you're interested in or choose from one of our popular coaching areas. We give a one week trial to everyone so that you can get to know the coach individually and test out whether they are a good fit for you. * * * * * The way we look at our app is around the concept of Levels of Coaching. At the most basic level, let's call this Level 1, you are your own coach. If you've read our other release notes, then you've already read a lot of the science of self-coaching. We often reference BJ Fogg at Stanford and his BMAT model. Maintaining streaks produces Motivation. Structuring goals as habits produces momentum which increases your Ability to make progress and our reminders system acts as a built in Trigger. The coaching tab we have today is about providing personal coaching. Let's call this Level 2. These coaches are focused on accountability and strategies for very specific goals. For example, if you want to be more productive, that's a pretty broad goal. Our coaches would help you narrow that down to a goal like "Set priorities for your day." Then the coach would check in with you on a schedule you both agree on (usually close to daily). This produces a huge boost in accountability. And then the coach will drill down on the areas that are preventing you from making progress. Just the fact that a third party can observe and guide you is huge. The biggest obstacle to our success is often that we aren't fully aware of what we are doing. This dynamic is covered well in the book Thinking, Fast and Slow. A emotionally driven subconscious makes most of our decisions. The biggest thing we can do to change is to force more of those decisions up to our conscious rational brain. That's a lot of what your coach will do for you. After that, you'll examine the challenges together and come up with strategies together. It's really powerful. And it's completely different than other coaches because it's so specific. You choose a goal. You choose a coach. You achieve that goal. Then you move on. I've used dozens of our coaches to improve every aspect of my life from sleep, to eating, to productivity, to inbox management. In service, Tony & the Coach.me Team P.S. Please update your reviews in the app store. As I mention with each release, Apple only shows reviews for the most recent release. It's just a few taps to update your old review for this one.

This release adds a dedicated tab for personal coaching. Personal coaching is about speeding up your path to success so that you reach your goals faster and maybe even surpass what you were originally shooting for. All of our coaches have personal experience with the goals they coach and have proven track records with hundreds of clients. The most notable piece of our coaching program is the increase in success rates. A person with a coach is 300% more likely to reach their goal. To try a coach, go to the coaching tab and either search for a goal you're interested in or choose from one of our popular coaching areas. We give a one week trial to everyone so that you can get to know the coach individually and test out whether they are a good fit for you. * * * * * The way we look at our app is around the concept of Levels of Coaching. At the most basic level, let's call this Level 1, you are your own coach. If you've read our other release notes, then you've already read a lot of the science of self-coaching. We often reference BJ Fogg at Stanford and his BMAT model. Maintaining streaks produces Motivation. Structuring goals as habits produces momentum which increases your Ability to make progress and our reminders system acts as a built in Trigger. The coaching tab we have today is about providing personal coaching. Let's call this Level 2. These coaches are focused on accountability and strategies for very specific goals. For example, if you want to be more productive, that's a pretty broad goal. Our coaches would help you narrow that down to a goal like "Set priorities for your day." Then the coach would check in with you on a schedule you both agree on (usually close to daily). This produces a huge boost in accountability. And then the coach will drill down on the areas that are preventing you from making progress. Just the fact that a third party can observe and guide you is huge. The biggest obstacle to our success is often that we aren't fully aware of what we are doing. This dynamic is covered well in the book Thinking, Fast and Slow. A emotionally driven subconscious makes most of our decisions. The biggest thing we can do to change is to force more of those decisions up to our conscious rational brain. That's a lot of what your coach will do for you. After that, you'll examine the challenges together and come up with strategies together. It's really powerful. And it's completely different than other coaches because it's so specific. You choose a goal. You choose a coach. You achieve that goal. Then you move on. I've used dozens of our coaches to improve every aspect of my life from sleep, to eating, to productivity, to inbox management. In service, Tony & the Coach.me Team P.S. Please update your reviews in the app store. As I mention with each release, Apple only shows reviews for the most recent release. It's just a few taps to update your old review for this one.