Being a personal coach is often filled with stresses, problems, and issues. Marketing for clients, paying the bills, dealing with tax issues and legal requirements, and trying to find enough time in the day to balance work and a personal life; being a coach can be a pain in the…neck!
The fine line between the problems and the joys of coaching is the razor’s edge. Coaches walk that razor’s edge every day in search of meaning and success. However, working as a personal coach often provides moments of joy when the passion you have for coaching overwhelms you. This is your razor’s edge moment.
The Razor’s Edge, a book written by Somerset Maugham, and published in 1944, is about the yearning for a profound meaning in life and one man’s search and ultimate discovery of that meaning. From that book, comes the concept of a razor’s edge moment.
A razor’s edge moment is a rare occasion when you are doing something you love and feel passionate about, and suddenly everything else just slips away. Most people have those moments in pursuit of their favorite leisure activities; on a trail in the midst of nature, on a sailboat cutting through the waves fueled by a stiff breeze, or immersed in the melody of your favorite song.
However, a personal coach often has these moments while working. When you realize that your client has finally achieved a goal after months of effort. When you stop to think about the joy you have helped create, the success you have helped achieve, and the happiness you have witnessed, you may become lost in a razor’s edge moment.
3 Ways a Personal Coach Can Have a Razor’s Edge Moment
- Help those in need. Volunteer to use your coaching ability to help those who would not normally be able to afford your services. Coaching merely for the love of coaching allows you to fully feel the power of your passion.
- Take your practice outside. There is something powerful about nature. By taking the occasional session out to a local park, hiking trail, or deserted beach, you and your client may feel nature’s power and allow all the stresses of life to fall away.
- Coach yourself. See yourself as a client. Yes, you may end up talking to yourself as you play both the role of coach and client, but this dedication to self- conversation and personal growth may create a new level of consciousness and bring you to a beautiful razor’s edge moment.
As a personal coach, you are in a field in which it is possible to search for your own profound meaning in life while helping others find theirs. Your razor’s edge moments are a result of the choice you made to help yourself while helping others, and the passion you have for your work.
Yes, coaches walk the fine line between their razor’s edge moments and the reality of business and earning a living; that’s life on the razor’s edge. However, personal coaches are lucky to be able to work in a field where their passion can help others. Walking along the razor’s edge is merely a pathway to the beauty of a razor’s edge moment.
Fred Philips
Business Coach
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