Your Coach Can Accelerate Growth by Years: Here's Why

This episode sits within the Growth Pillar of business development — helping entrepreneurs scale with clarity, accountability, and mindset strength. Feeling stuck in your business? Discover how business coaching helps small business owners overcome limiting beliefs, gain clarity, and take action. Wayne Pratt explains why the right coach can accelerate growth by years—and why AI can’t replace human insight. Many small business owners feel “fine” but quietly stuck. In this episode, Wayne Pratt of Motive8U explains how limiting beliefs, blind spots, and old stories hold entrepreneurs back. Learn how business coaching creates clarity, accountability, and real growth through 3–5 year goals, 90-day plans, and daily action. If you want practical steps to overcome limiting beliefs in business, this episode shows how a coach can accelerate growth by years. The Problem This Guest Solves: Small business owners often stay stuck in fear, blind spots, and limiting beliefs that quietly slow growth for years without realizing it. Many entrepreneurs work hard every day. The doors are open. Sales are coming in. Life looks “fine.” But deep down, something feels off. In this episode of Knack 4 Business, host Bernie Franzgrote sits down with Wayne Pratt of Motive8U to talk about business coaching for small business owners — and why the right coach can accelerate growth by years. Wayne shares how limiting beliefs in business often come from old stories — what a teacher said, what a boss believed, what we once failed at. These stories quietly shape decisions. They limit scale. They block confidence. He explains the key difference between a friend and a professional coach: A friend supports you. A coach challenges your blind spots. Wayne breaks growth into three simple steps: • Set clear 3–5 year goals • Create 90-day targets • Take daily action steps If you cannot break a goal into 90 days, it is not a goal — it is a wish. The conversation also explores AI in coaching. While AI may replace low-cost coaching tools, it cannot replace human insight, accountability, and personalized strategy. If you feel “comfortably unhappy” in your business, this episode will challenge you to rethink what is possible. 👉Read more on our blog 👉Watch it on YouTube Who This Podcast Is For Startup founders, solopreneurs, and scaling business owners who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to break through limiting beliefs. What You’ll Gain Actionable insights, clear growth frameworks, mindset tools, and practical business coaching strategies that accelerate momentum. Guest Resources 📘Freshly Brewed Coaching book by Wayne Pratt & Matt Hawksley 🔗 Connect with Wayne Pratt Website: https://motive8u.ca/ Sponsors & Business Growth Partners 💼Canada Growth Network – $47 CAD/mo, no contract = Business networking + GoHighLevel CRM access 🤖WebIndexer – Turn your website into a 24/7 sales assistant 🏡Property Wizard Podcast – Real Estate Made Practical 🌍East Trade Winds – Free networking community Acknowledgements Carl Richards – Podcast Solutions Made SimpleFred Crouch – Property Wizard podcastJovan Strika – @HiveMelanie Webber – Business Partner Next steps! If this episode helped you rethink growth, share it with another entrepreneur. Read more, comment, or connect with Wayne directly. We would love your feedback. 📩 Email us at: [e-mail] 🌐 Visit: https://knack4business.com/ Let us Motivate You. Disclaimer: Please note that the Knack 4 Business podcast episodes are meant solely for educational and general informational purposes. The information and opinions contained within are not intended to be professional advice on any subject matter. The thoughts, views, and opinions expressed by the participants are their own beliefs and do not represent the views of the podcast hosts or any affiliated organizations.It is important to note that this podcast is not a replacement for consulting with certified experts in your area who possess knowledge of your unique situation. The hosts of the podcast, along with any participants or affiliated groups, do not take responsibility for any actions taken or not taken based on the information presented in this episode.It is highly recommended that individuals seek guidance from their advisors in fields such as accounting, law, or other pertinent areas prior to undertaking any actions or making decisions that may impact their financial, legal, or other aspects of life. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.