Morgan GillisFounder & Owner of Client Success Solutions LLC

A day in the life of an online coach

7 Mar 2026 · 1 min

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The video is a first‑person vlog that walks viewers through a typical day of an online coaching entrepreneur. It opens at 7 AM with a candle‑lit breakfast, followed by a team priority‑setting session and 100 minutes of ad‑tracking and content work. The coach then prepares for and conducts four sales calls throughout the day, interspersed with giving feedback to the team and checking in with clients via Slack. Health is emphasized with a mid‑morning walk, a gym session, and a disciplined cutting diet consisting of three meal‑prep jars (potatoes, vegetables, chicken). The afternoon includes another sales call, a quick walk, and a shower before heading to a three‑and‑a‑half‑hour salsa dancing class for stress relief. The day ends at 9:30 PM with a brief wrap‑up and plans to repeat the routine tomorrow. Throughout, the speaker shares personal attitudes toward meals, fitness, and work, offering insight into time management, marketing operations, client acquisition, team communication, and personal wellness strategies for an online coach.

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Welcome to a day in the life of an online coach. All right, we've got breakfast with the best sauce ever. This is actually one of my favorite meals of the day because the rest of them are so boring because I'm cutting. Okay, it is 7 AM. I am working in the dark with a candle like I always do. Every single morning before we start, uh, the team sets priorities on what we're gonna do. Spending 100 minutes on ad tracking and content. 4 sales calls to prep for. Need to give my, uh, setting team feedback. Finished up a productive morning of work. We're gonna go for a walk because health is wealth. And I need my steps. We're 1 for 1 on the sales calls. I forgot to share my lunch, my janky, really, really boring lunch. I'm cutting right now, kind of aggressively for me. These are my 3 meal prep jars right now. Potatoes, vegetables, and chicken. It is now 3:15 PM. We're 2 for 2 on sales calls. We're going to the gym. One more sales call for the day. I need to check in with clients on Slack, to check in with my team on Slack. I do a quick walk first. Just got out of the shower. I'm eating some super plain food. I'm about to go to bachata. That's a lie, I'm about to go to salsa. I'm about to go dancing for like 3 and a half hours, essentially. The amount of times I'd have to run to get a class. And that's a wrap. 3 and a half hours dancing. It is now 9:30 PM. I am going to sleep and we'll do it all again tomorrow.