A lot of our situations have similar patterns and can be considered similar, but no situation is exactly the same. What works tremendously well for one LBS may have the opposite negative effect for someone else’s sitch.
It all returns to doing what works. Implementing a change in behavior and then observing the outcome of these changes. If something is not working and is having negative repercussions stop doing it.
There are lots of people with years of experience giving great advice. But you are the one dealing with your sitch and you are the one seeing the changes and interactions, so a lot of the time it is up to you to gauge how your behavior is working. If met with positive response, keep it up. If met with a negative response. Stop.
DR should be your foundation and I have found that the phone consultations with a coach have been extremely helpful for me to figure out my own thoughts and actions, while at the same time, seeing things from a different light from the help of my coach.