Some of the best coaching practices are the simplest. One of the greatest challenges in coaching is that clients often let their own fears get the best of them. Sometimes their goals seem so far from what is possible, they aren’t able to get started. If you incorporate finding ways to help your clients see progress as part of your coaching practices, you will improve the odds of success greatly.

The Problem With Goals

Goals are not actually the problem. It’s how most people relate to goals. Most people never accomplish their goals, and they then beat themselves up for failing. This is one of the most powerful de-motivators in our society. Instead of moving forward, most people just try to hang onto some sort of safety net. By the time most people hit their 30’s or 40’s they have all but given up on having a great life.

Best Coaching Practices For Long Term Motivation

But what if people learned to find fulfillment along the path toward their goals? Would they be too complacent to really try to do something? Most likely not. Instead of seeing taking on a new goal as a ‘do or die’ mission, what if your coaching clients saw working toward an ambitious goal as a ‘no lose’ prospect? When people look at a challenging goal as an opportunity to grow, regardless of the outcome, they actually work harder toward their goals.

One of the best coaching practices is to help your clients celebrate the milestones along the way toward their goals. This is very challenging because few high achievers ever think what they have accomplished is worth celebrating. There is always one step further to go before they feel that they have succeeded. This best coaching practice is important to incorporate, because few clients will ever give themselves permission to celebrate. By doing this, however, your clients will soon start to feel a new sense of fulfillment they never dreamed possible. When that happens your coaching clients will have a new relationship with goals that propels them into their future.

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Colette Seymann
JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach