Sep 13, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
You know what you need to do—but you still aren’t doing it. What’s actually keeping you stuck? Army veteran and executive coach Mark Reynolds joins Ewell Smith to unpack a problem almost every…
Well, let's talk about the problem because you see it in multiple ways of how people get stuck.
And then let's talk about how you address the problem, help people get clarity so they can move forward.
This is for everyone who wants to tune back in and pay attention a little bit to the podcast.
I always say, if you aren't getting what you want in life, it really comes down to one of what I call three central issues.
If you want to have confidence that you're going to get the results you want in life, it comes down to one, declared.
Do you know what it is that you want? A lot of people really don't know what they want, and that really slows them down.
So I always ask people, what do you want? I most usually get a list of things that they don't want.
Or they give vague, generic answers like, I'd like a better job, or I'd like to have more health.
It's like, if you don't have a real sales target that you can articulate, I would say, like, if a third party can't observe it happening, you really don't have a real strong actionable goal.
It's like, do you know what it is you want? Do you know when you get it? And you'd be like, yes, I've arrived.
I mean, hang the old mission accomplished sign across the carrier to say that you know.
The second area is, oh, so do you have enough competency to do this? And really, this is just skill set.
This is what a traditional lot of people think they're hiring me for when they bring me on as a coach.
What are the hats around productivity? How do I do more with less? There's plenty of ways to do that, especially over the last couple of years, the rise of AI, the proliferation of the internet.
Well, let's talk about the problem because you see it in multiple ways of how people get stuck.
And then let's talk about how you address the problem, help people get clarity so they can move forward.
This is for everyone who wants to tune back in and pay attention a little bit to the podcast.
I always say, if you aren't getting what you want in life, it really comes down to one of what I call three central issues.
If you want to have confidence that you're going to get the results you want in life, it comes down to one, declared.
Do you know what it is that you want? A lot of people really don't know what they want, and that really slows them down.
So I always ask people, what do you want? I most usually get a list of things that they don't want.
Or they give vague, generic answers like, I'd like a better job, or I'd like to have more health.
It's like, if you don't have a real sales target that you can articulate, I would say, like, if a third party can't observe it happening, you really don't have a real strong actionable goal.
It's like, do you know what it is you want? Do you know when you get it? And you'd be like, yes, I've arrived.
I mean, hang the old mission accomplished sign across the carrier to say that you know.
The second area is, oh, so do you have enough competency to do this? And really, this is just skill set.
This is what a traditional lot of people think they're hiring me for when they bring me on as a coach.
What are the hats around productivity? How do I do more with less? There's plenty of ways to do that, especially over the last couple of years, the rise of AI, the proliferation of the internet.
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