The 4-Level Goal System That Makes Quitting Impossible

Season #1

Join 4k+ readers on the weekly newsletter https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com Most goal systems give you two choices: success or failure. Did the thing or didn't. Hit the goal or blew it. NLP Master Trainer Doug O'Brien has been developing something different for years — a four-level system he calls EASE that gives you four ways to win instead of one. EASE stands for: E — Easy: so small you can do it on your worst day A — Acceptable: not perfect but absolutely worthwhile S — Stretch: the original goal that challenges you E — Extraordinary: when everything comes together The real goal isn't the stretch level or the extraordinary level. The real goal is to stay in the game. Because consistency doesn't mean doing the same thing every day. It means keeping your relationship with the thing alive — even on the hard days when easy is the only win available. 0:00 Why we make change harder than it needs to be 1:00 The walking example — and where most goal systems fail 1:27 Introducing the EASE Method — four ways to succeed 1:45 E — The Easy level: what you can do on your worst day 2:04 A — The Acceptable level: perfectly respectable effort 2:28 S — The Stretch level: your original goal 2:50 E — The Extraordinary level: when everything clicks 3:40 The real goal — staying in the game 4:05 What consistency actually means 5:00 Your coaching assignment — pick one goal, set four levels 6:00 Why writing it down changes everything 7:15 Tomorrow — ask where am I on EASE, not did I succeed ----------------------------------- BECOME AN EXTRAORDINARY COACH!JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP NOW & Get My Six-Week Storytelling Course LIVE. https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/membership-aug2025 JOIN 3K+ READERS ON THE WEEKLY ESSENTIAL COACHING SKILLS NEWSLETTER: https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/newsletters/the-essential-coaching-skills-newsletter NEED DOUG AS YOUR COACH? BOOK HERE: https://www.essentialcoachingskills.com/coaching CONNECT ON LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougobrien/