When You Want to Become a Life Coach You Should Consider What You Need to Be a Coach

A lot of people want to become a life coach.  But the reason why few athletes make it to the Olympics is the same reason why few people are able to become a life coach.  It’s not that what you need to be a coach is so rare.  In fact,  what you need to be a coach is something that is attainable for most people…if they really want it. Here are the top 3 things that you’ll need to become a life coach.

What You Need to Be a Coach:  Determination

If you want a comfortable lifestyle, get a job.  If you want to work/ train for long hours without any external reward, become a life coach.  If you think you can work when you want to, sleep when you want to, and make your own schedule; you don’t have what it takes to be great coach.  The truth is you’re going to have to work when you don’t feel like it, do things you don’t want to do, all so you can get paying clients.  The very reasons why you don’t want a boss checking in on you are the very reasons why you will fail if you don’t have someone looking over your shoulder.

What You Need to Be a Coach:  A Great Coach

The best athletes have great coaches.  Maybe not in the beginning, but as soon as they can.  They will sacrifice everything else in their life to get the training they need to get to the top of their game.  The sad part, is that most people who want to become a life coach don’t have a coach.  How are you going to go where you’re never been without one?

What You Need to Be a Coach:  Persistence

The number one reason why coaches fail to make a salary that supports them is that they quit too soon.  You may have to wash windows or work another job until you start seeing a financial return on all your hard work.  How many times do you see great athletes take a fall, only to brush themselves off and try again.  The ones who don’t are many.  If you want to become a life coach, expect to get discouraged from time to time.  But instead of quitting, brush yourself off and try again.

What You Need to Be a Coach Is Exhibited Already by Some of the Best

What you need to be a coach is very similar to what it takes to be an Olympic athlete.  If you really want to become a life coach, expect years of hard work before you ever see the big payoff.  Sure there will be smaller wins along the way, but the sweet smell of victory is not the result of a few months of hard work.  It comes from a lifestyle that reflects a commitment to be the best.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach