Keep a wavering client with an honest, caring check-in
Offering a planned pause can save a relationship that a hard sell would end.
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Your prompt
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Claude and ChatGPT open with your prompt already typed in. Gemini can't be filled in from a link, so its button copies your prompt: paste it into the new chat.
The prompt that gets copied
One of my coaching clients may be thinking about quitting. What they signed up for: [CLIENT GOAL]. Signs I've noticed: [WARNING SIGNS, e.g. missed two check-ins, short replies]. How long we've worked together: [TIME TOGETHER, e.g. 7 weeks of 12]. Write a short, honest message that names what I've noticed without blame, says it's completely fine to tell me what's really going on, reminds them of one real piece of progress, and offers three options: keep going as is, adjust the plan, or take a planned pause. No guilt, no pressure, and no mention of contracts or refunds. Give me a text-length version and an email version. Then list three likely reasons behind the signs and how I could respond to each if they tell me.
Describe the signs a client might want to quit. You get a short, honest message that names what you've noticed, invites the real reason and offers ways forward, including a planned pause.
Step by step
- List the signs you've noticed, like missed check-ins or shorter replies.
- Paste the prompt with what the client signed up for.
- Pick the version that sounds most like you.
- Send it, or use it as your script on a short call.
What you'll get
A text and an email version of a caring check-in, plus three likely reasons a client is pulling back and how to respond to each.
- Made for
- Coaches
- Works in
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
