Before you start training to become a life coach, you should know which coaching style best describes how you operate.  Some people are more suited to become a life coach than others.  We all have our own behavioral styles, ways of interacting with people, strengths and weaknesses.  Knowing your strengths will help you choose the best training to become a life coach.  The most common categories of coaches can be explained by looking the Seven Dwarfs.  What dwarf will you become a life coach like?

When You Become a Life Coach Determine What Qualities You Possess and Utilize Them

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If you’re like Grumpy, the best fit for you is to become a life coach who specializes in accountability coaching.  You’ll find it hard to establish rapport, so you might want to partner with someone who is a little softer.  What about Sleepy?  If you’re like this dwarf, once you make it through your training to become a life coach you’ll get by.  And if you do become a coach like Sleepy, you’ll be great at using stories, metaphors, and hypnotic techniques.  Working with Grumpy will help keep you on task.

If you want to become a life coach and you’re like Sneezy, please take care of your health before you get started.  You’ll never be able to have the focus you need to get great results with your clients, and people will tend to feel sorry for you instead of see you as a leader.  Perhaps partnering with Doc might be a good idea.  But if you’re like Doc you’ll have your own set of challenges if you decide to become a life coach.  You’ll have a tendency to take every training to become a life coach imaginable before you get on the court.  Make sure your training to become a life coach includes opportunities to start coaching people right away or you’ll never quite feel ready.  But once you get started you’ll probably end up becoming a neuro-linguistics programming (NLP) specialist.

Initially I thought we should all strive to become a life coach like Happy.  But having access to only one emotion isn’t advantageous.  Partnering with someone like Bashful might be a good idea.  If you’re most like Bashful, you’ll probably know your coaching technologies better than most.  But you’ll definitely need training to become a life coach that includes internet marketing in order to survive.

Make Sure You Receive the Training to Become a Life Coach that is Best Suited to Your Needs in Order to Find Success as a Life Coach

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And last but not least, please do not aspire to become a life coach who is like Dopey.  Get some good training to become a life coach and find yourself a great mentor.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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In success coaching (business success coaching), your client will get out of life whatever they put into it. In business success coaching, you learn there is a big difference between the people who have success, and those who don’t. Higher income people work longer hours than lower income people. The average business owner in the higher income brackets work 59 hours per week. In contrast, the lower 20 percent of income earners work less than 20 hours per week. Teach your success coaching clients that they cannot get a return on time they have not invested.

Business Success Coaching: Help Your Success Coaching Client to Put in More Effort, so They Can Get More Success

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In success coaching (business success coaching), the most success will come to those who work the hardest. I read a book recently that stated that in over 25 years of interviews, 85 percent of self-made millionaires attributed their success to hard work. The people in the top 10 percent of their fields; make as much as 20 times more money as the people in the bottom 20 percent. Your success coaching client needs to be in that top 10 percent.

Success Coaching: Business Success Coaching Your Client to Work ALL the Time They Work

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Get your business success coaching client to work ALL of the time they are at work. Urge your success coaching client not to socialize, fool around or waste time in their business. To reach the level of success they want, they need to start work earlier, work a little harder and stay a little later. Your client needs to stay away from people who are time wasters. These are peers who work at half speed or lower. Have your client tell time wasters that they would love to talk with them after work, but they have to get to work right now.

Lastly, have your business success coaching client make a task list for each day. The list needs to be organized by priorities. Have your success coaching client start with the most important task on their list first thing in the morning. Then stay with that task until it is 100 percent complete. If you can help your client to work harder than they are currently working, then your success coaching client will reach a higher level of success.

Kris Thompson

JTS Advisors Strategy Coach

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The Olympics is the most viewed program, not just in the success coaching arena; across the boards.  If there were ever examples of why we all need a life success coach, the Olympics is the ultimate example.  Not a single athlete who gets close to going to the Olympics does so without their own version of a life success coach.  There are a lot of similarities between success coaching and Olympic ice dancing coaching, for example.

An Empowering Peer Group Can Make All the Difference in Your Success Coaching

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Let’s take the gold and silver medallists for the paired ice dancing competition as an example of success coaching principles used in figure skating.  They’re peers and rivals, even training on the same ice between competitions.  If they had a life success coach, he would have encouraged this relationship as part of their empowering peer group.  And it worked well for both teams during the Olympics, because both teams achieved their personal best scores during the event.  Seeing each other perform well drove them to play full out.

As a Life Success Coach it is Imperative to Impart the Importance Being a Good Example

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I used this example with my youngest success coaching client; my eight year old daughter.  And while she doesn’t pay me to be her life success coach, at times she does appreciate me.  For example, she and some other kids were playing a game of keep-away at school when someone’s feelings got hurt.  We wrote out a script and she called the kid to apologize for her part.  She was the only one who called out of about 8-10 kids who were involved.  She was the hero the next day among her peers.  Her actions encouraged the others to consider doing the same.  They all apologized and he was able to accept their apologizes.

Helping Your Clients Find an Empowering Peer Group Will Help Your Clients Achieve Their Goals and Make Your Success Coaching More Lucrative

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What does this have to do with success coaching?  Most life success coaches don’t realize the benefits that an empowering peer group can have in helping their success coaching clients reach their goals.  Seeing others succeed is so powerful that it can encourage the most reluctant client.  Life success coaches need to find ways to foster relationships between their peers; whether it’s within the context of group coaching, a chat room for their clients or becoming part of a mastermind group.

Regardless, if it’s in competition or cooperation, you can improve your success coaching results by encouraging your clients to tap into their peer groups.  Sometimes you might find as a life success coach that there are relationships that your clients need to distance themselves from.  If that’s the case, you’ll want to make sure your clients replace that time with time spent with people who are sculpting their own destinies.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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In success coaching, you often feel the need to reveal the secret of success to your personal success coach clients.  Every few years, someone comes out with a book that becomes popular with the masses.  These books usually suggest that there is a quick and easy way to be happy and make a lot of money.  All you have to do is visualize positive thoughts and you will attract everything in life that you want.  If that were true, there would be no need for people to have a personal success coach.  This idea appeals to people that are not willing to do the hard work required to achieve anything worth achieving.  What success coaching can you give your clients to combat this thinking?

In Success Coaching, The Secret Your Personal Success Coach Clients Need To Learn Is That There Is No Secret

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In success coaching, the secret is that there is no secret.  There are only universal principles that have been discovered and passed down from generation to generation.  Your personal success coach clients want happiness, health and financial freedom.  These results do not occur just by thinking positive.  They are the result of design.  Sir Isaac Newton wrote “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” As a personal success coach, you should emulate this by reminding your clients that they must take action in order to see reaction to your success coaching.

Your Personal Success Coach Client Must Not “Reinvent The Wheel” In Your Success Coaching Sessions

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On the other hand, perhaps there is a secret of success for your personal success coach client:  just have them do what other successful people do.   Do it over and over and over again.  If your client does that, nothing will stop them from eventually succeeding.  On the opposite end, if your client doesn’t do what other successful people do, no amount of success coaching will help them.  Success is designed through planning.   Success is attracted to through cause and effect.  If your personal success coach client takes the right actions, they will get the right results from your success coaching over time.

Kris Thompson
JTS Advisors Strategy Coach

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Most people become a life coach so they can help others.  But how can you help others in areas where you yourself are struggling?  The biggest challenge many coaches face is that they don’t value their own time enough to impart that skill to others.  And if you want to become a life coach whose clients value every second of time they have with you, you’re going to have to become a mentor in time management.  And when I say, ‘become a mentor,’ I mean you’re going to have to figure it out for yourself first.

Become a Mentor in Time Management by Understanding Where You Spend Your Time

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The first step if you want to become a mentor who values your time is to understand where you spend it.  Most people spend their lives in ‘Routine Time’.  Getting up, going to work, eating meals, etc.  Whatever you are currently doing is most likely your routine.  It has taken you to where you are today, but if you want to become a life coach you will need to make some changes.

Why You Need ‘Project Time’ if You Want to Become a Life Coach

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If you want to become a life coach, you’re going to have to either allow yourself to empty your routine or create a block of time in your schedule to work on creating something new out in your life.  Let’s face it, you’ll probably never get all the routine things done.  New fires will have to be put out, leaving no time to work on your future.  Once you overcome this struggle, you’re ready to become a mentor.

Become a Mentor That Leads by Example

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And I do mean struggle.  Just because you place a block of time on your schedule to work on your goal to become a life coach, doesn’t mean you will actually accomplish anything.  Unless you are totally committed to setting aside time for creating something new, it will never happen.  People will call, emails will draw you away from your intent, or something else will show up that appears more important.  You will put it off until next week.  But if you really want to become a mentor, you’re going to have to lead by example.

The key to success in creating something new in your life, to become a life coach or any other noble endeavor, is to place a premium on your own time.  No one is going to free up time for you.  In fact, it’s usually just the opposite.  When you become a mentor who sets boundaries on your own time, you set a standard.  While there will be some who don’t like it, you’ll find many people will appreciate your time even more and get better results.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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Of all the people I’ve ever spoken to who say they want to become a life coach, few actually make it. Is becoming a coach that difficult? Sure, it’s not as easy as it would seem to become a life coach, but what’s the problem? If you are more than just “interested” in becoming a coach, then you can dramatically increase the probability of your success by looking at what others have done.

In Some Ways, Becoming a Coach Is Like Having the “Olympic Dream”

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The truth is there is no secret to becoming a coach. If you want to become a life coach, you’re going to have to commit yourself to the process. You need the get a taste of the “Olympic Dream.”

If You Want to Become a Life Coach, You Have to Be Ready to Train

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Becoming a coach is a lot like training for the Olympics. If you want to go to the Olympics, you’re going to have to get a coach and train. Not just for a few months, but for years. If you want to become a life coach, it’s no different.

Don’t Count on Natural Talent to Become a Life Coach

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Sure there are those athletes who seem to come out of nowhere and experience “instant success,” and the same goes for becoming a coach. There are those rare few who can become a life coach in a relatively short time. Some people are just more talented than others. But, isn’t it true that the reason why the Olympics gets some of the highest TV ratings is because we all hope that somehow we might achieve greatness, too?

Becoming a Life Coach Really Boils Down to One Thing

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What separates those who just think about going to the Olympics (or becoming a coach) from those who actually do it, boils down to one thing: commitment. You wouldn’t expect someone to make it to the Olympics without years of hard work, sacrifice and set-backs. What makes you think you can become a life coach without giving up your “comfortable” life? Whether it’s staying up late writing blogs, taking a second job or giving up your $4 vanilla lattes to pay for coaches training; you’re going to give up some of that comfort is you really want to change your life.

Colette Seymann
JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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As a business success coach, you may find it challenging to help your success coaching clients reach their goals. Your business success coach clients will need to reinvent themselves to get the results they want. For this, the human mind has amazing power. One way to harness this power for your success coaching client, is to use the “act as if” principle.

Success Coaching: Help Your Business Success Coach Client Use The “Act As If” Principle

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Your business success coach client’s mind operates in three compartments: the past, the present and the future. Just as in success coaching, your business success coach client has the ability to imagine reaching their goals in the future. Let’s say their goal is to earn $100,000 in the next 12 months. If they knew they were going to do that, what actions would they take to achieve the goal? Have your business success coach client begin to take the actions consistent with earning $100,000 in the next 12 months, right now.

Success Coaching: Motivate Your Business Success Coach Client With The Story Of Jim Carrey

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Your business success coaching client probably knows who the comedian Jim Carrey is. What your success coaching client may not know is that Jim Carrey, at one time, lived in his van. Throughout that time, he used the “act as if” principle. When he started working in comedy, he wrote himself a check for 10 million dollars. On the pay-to-the-order-of line, he wrote his name. On the memo line of the check he wrote, “For acting services rendered.” He dated the check November 24, 1995. From then on, he began to “act as if” he were going to cash the check on that date. He carried the check with him for a few years.

Jim Carrey began to take the actions of a comedian who would command a 10 million dollar payday. He went to every audition he could. He spent hours every day looking at himself in the mirror, teaching himself to make funny faces. For years, he acted “as if” he were going to cash that check. Within 30 days of the due date, he made 10 million dollars.

Have your business success coach client choose a goal. Ask them, “If you absolutely knew you were going to reach your goal by (date), what actions would you take?” Have them write down the steps they think of. Then use your success coaching techniques to teach them to “act as if” they knew they would accomplish the goal. You can use the “act as if” principle to transform every success coaching client you work with. You’ll be amazed at how much it adds to your tool belt as a business success coach.

Kris Thompson
JTS Advisors Strategy Coach

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Why do people hire a success coach?  Is it because that person is the most successful person they know?  Or is success coaching valued for something else?   A success coach is valuable if he can help others achieve the success they want.  Success coaching that goes beyond climbing the corporate ladder at all costs can bring success in all areas of a person’s life.  And to me, that is true success.

A Success Coach Helps Clients Find Outstanding Role Models

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The first key a success coach needs to share with his success coaching clients is to find outstanding role models.  Not just good role models, but role models who are so great at what they do that they are inspirational.  Teach them to use role models to learn techniques, pick up verbal scripts, and even model how they dress.  Get your clients to step into their shoes and emulate who they are.

Success Coaching Can Teach the Importance of Creating an Environment Ideal for Learning

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The next key a success coach needs to share with his success coaching clients is to create an environment that is ideal for learning.  If you want to study a new language, the easiest way to become proficient is to go to a country where that language is the primary language.  In the same way, your success coaching clients needs an environment that is optimal for success.

As a Success Coach You Foster the Necessity for Repetition Until Mastery is Achieved

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Another key a success coach needs to get their success coaching clients to do is to get in the habit of repeating actions that work.  Again and again until they achieve mastery.  I’ve heard many people tell me that they’ve tried something before and had success, but haven’t done it in awhile for no apparent reason other than something else came up.  Don’t let your clients get lured by the ‘shiny object syndrome’ where they follow the latest fads and forget things that have been proven to get results.

Success Coaching Requires Intensity

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And the final key a success coach needs to develop in their success coaching clients is intensity.  Your success coaching clients need to understand that they must show up prepared to play at a high level.  This mindset alone will change the outcome for just about any action, and literally change their lives within a single coaching session.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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Everyday people decide they want to become a life coach, but few actually achieve their goals of becoming a life coach.  In fact, some of the biggest barriers to becoming a life coach arise just after they decide to become a life coach.  And unfortunately for most people, these barriers keep them from realizing their dreams.  Here are the top five barriers to becoming a life coach, and what you can do about it.

If You Want to Become a Life Coach You Can’t get Hung Up on Money

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Barrier to Becoming a Life Coach #1:  Money.  Or lack of.  “I don’t have money to quit my job and become a life coach.”  “I’m too busy working to have the time to devote to coaching.”  “I want to become a life coach but I don’t have money for training.”  Those are not the real reasons.  What is under the “Money” excuse that is really stopping you?

Finding the Right Peer Group is Important When You Are Trying to Become a Life Coach

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Barrier to Becoming a Life Coach #2:  Family and Friends.  These people are dangerous in your quest to become a life coach.  This is your peer group, and it is hard to go against the tribal instinct to belong.  If they don’t think you can do it, you’ll either believe them or you won’t take action.  You know that if you fail you will have to face the consequences of failing when they warned you.  If this is what you’re facing, you’ll need to find an empowering peer group.  I’m not saying to get rid of your family and friends, but you’ll definitely need to find some people who are supportive in your endeavors.  At least to balance out the noise from the nay-sayers.

If You are Serious about Becoming a Life Coach You Will Have to Get Over Your Fears

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Barrier to Becoming a Life Coach #3:  Fear.  If are serious about your dream to become a life coach, you’re going to have to face your biggest fears.  The best way to navigate around those fears is to hire a coach.  Actually pay someone to coach you, so both of you take it seriously.  But most people won’t do this, because of barrier #4.

Address Your Belief System if You Really Want to Become a Life Coach

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Barrier to Becoming a Life Coach #4:  Lack of Self –Worth.  The biggest reason why people don’t have what they want is because they don’t feel like they deserve it.  Or that they’re not good enough to accomplish it.  Which is your own belief system that you need to address if you really want to become a life coach.

Time Management Should Not Prevent You From Becoming a Life Coach

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Barrier to Becoming a Life Coach #5:  Time.  If lack of time is keeping you from your dream to become a life coach, then you will never have the time.  If you really want to burst through this barrier, you’re going to need to change your beliefs about time.  Start taking action, even if it’s 10 minutes here and there.  Do what you can, when you can.  And prioritize how you spend money so you can live the life you want.

These barriers to becoming a life coach don’t have to stop you.  In fact, most of the time if you are able to identify a barrier you can develop a strategy around it.  If you really want to become a life coach, commit and make a plan.  Face the barriers with commitment, instead of resolve.  In doing so, you’ll be able to live the life that you want.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach

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As a business success coach, you need to help your success coaching client get better every day. Napolean Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, said, “One good idea is all a person needs to achieve great success.” Many of your success coaching clients have a lot of ideas. In fact, they may have too many ideas. That is why they need a business success coach. You are there to help them actually grow their business, instead of just being a know-it-all. I’ll share with you a way of thinking that will help your business success coach clients get the results they want.

Success Coaching: Teach The “Baseline Strategy” To Your Business Success Coach Clients

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Right now, in this moment, your business success coach client is one good idea away from multiplying the results they get in business. Once you teach your success coaching client this thought process, they will be able to benefit from it the rest of their life. The thought process is called the “Baseline Strategy.” Your clients’ business success and life success is a combination of all the skills they have right now. It is their time management, sales skills, goal setting and communication skills, etc. The baseline strategy is to have your client keep doing what they’ve been doing that’s working for them. Then, add one new idea or one strategy, and they will see an increase in their results in that area.

For example: let’s say your business success coach client wasn’t asking for referrals from their current clients. Then they hire you to give them success coaching, and you teach them how to ask for referrals. If they add that to what they are already doing, they will improve on the results they are already getting in their business.

Success Coaching: Have Your Business Success Coach Clients Write Down Good Ideas In A Hard Bound Journal Instead Of Yellow Pads

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One common problem success coaching clients have is that of having a lot of ideas but no way to organize them. One way to help your business success coach client start to use the baseline strategy is to have them use a journal. When I talk about a journal, I mean a hardbound journal. Your client should take notes when they go to seminars or on coaching sessions with you, but if they write them on a yellow pad they will get lost. When they write them in a hardbound journal, however, they will capture the great ideas permanently. This strategy will help your success coaching client achieve and increase their success in business and in life.

Kris Thompson
JTS Advisors Strategy Coach

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