How to get your clients to act without resistance
Aug 11, 2025 7:11 am
“When you make space for someone to become who they already want to become, resistance disappears. When you provide structure without constraint, energy without pressure, and momentum without control, you tap into the deepest drivers of human behavior”
Hey ,
So...
This morning....
My eldest daughter invited me for a walk.
Now...
I’m pretty sure she had an ulterior motive...
To get me moving.
She knows I’ve been meaning to exercise more...
And she also knows that left on my own...
I’ll set a comfortable pace.
The kind that won’t exactly win medals.
But here’s what she did.
She set the rhythm without announcing it.
She filled the air with conversation.
She somehow marked the time without a clock.
And before I knew it....
We had gone further...
And faster...
Than I normally would.
Here's the thing that struck me though...
She’s still going to the gym this evening.
This walk wasn’t for her.
It was for me.
She simply made space in her schedule to help me get a win.
There's a number of things to be learned in what she did for anyone building influence, leading people, or growing a movement:
1. Leverage Without Ownership
She didn’t take over my goal or force me into her program.
She simply plugged me into her existing system and I got better results because of it.
2. Stealth Structure
There was no timer...
No “hurry up,”..
No pressure.
The structure was invisible...
But it produced visible results.
3. Shared Mission Energy
Her fitness mission and mine briefly aligned.
That overlap created momentum without either of us losing focus on our individual goals.
Why does this matter?
Well...
As a Tribemaster..
You don’t always need to create new systems for people.
Sometimes...
The fastest way to get them results is to invite them into your rhythm...
In a way that feels natural and supportive.
The best systems are the ones people don’t even realize they’re in…
Until they look back and see how far they’ve come.
Lead from the side.
Match their pace.
Quietly set the rhythm.
And watch them win...
Sometimes before they even know they’re winning.
Question for You:
Who in your world could you quietly plug into your rhythm this week so they achieve more than they would alone?
This is The Certain Way.
Get out of your own way.
CTM
If you made a request (before midnight yesterday) for the full, expanded playbook for breaking through the six identity bottlenecks I talked about yesterday, the same one that took me from invisible to in demand...I'll send it to you by wednesday morning.