Whether you are a potential coach or a potential client, it is good to have a clear definition of coaching. To come up with a good definition of coaching, it helps to know what coaching isn’t. What Coaching Isn’t Coaching isn’t consulting. Consultants often have experience in one specific area and are hired to solve a problem in that certain area. Consulting is specific while coaching can be both general and specific. Consulting is narrow; coaching is broad. Consulting is restricted; coaching … [Read more...]
The Right Way to Ask How do You Become a Coach
How do you become a coach who has all the answers? Ha Ha Ha!! That was a trick question. You don’t. You will never have all the answers. There are so many people out there who are ready and able to become coaches. The only thing standing in the way is asking the most common “how do you become a coach” questions rather then looking deeper. Sure, I can tell you how to get started, what books to read, what education is important and what kind of coach training options are available. I’m going to … [Read more...]
The Top 5 Life Coach Books
Every great life coach has had a great education, and life coach books offer an effective, affordable way to stay on top of your game! Most top titles are available for purchase through Amazon or other book retailers, and many can even be borrowed from your local library. Life coaching books make a wonderful addition to your training, because you can learn from a wide variety of experienced and inspiring professionals without ever leaving your home or office. Look for books that are … [Read more...]
The Question: “How Can I Become a Life Coach?”
Are you asking yourself the question, “How can I become a life coach?” If that’s the question, here’s the answer. The Best Answer to the Question, “How Can I Become a Life Coach?” You can’t become a life coach unless you have a passion for coaching. Coaching is as much a calling as it is a career. If you enjoy helping people improve the quality of their lives, you just may have the calling. If you have the calling, you have the first and best answer to that burning question, “How can I become … [Read more...]
Really Make a Difference – Become a Mentor
What is a mentor? And how and why does one to become a mentor. The concept is almost as old as humanity. The role of the mentor was established in law by Hammurabi in his code, which is recognized as the first codification of civil law, about 1770 BC. The word “mentor” is derived from the name of the person entrusted with the education of Ulysses’ son, when Ulysses went off to fight the Trojan War, in about 1200 BC. The concept was institutionalized down through the ages in every apprenticeship … [Read more...]
You Ask, “Do I become a Life Coach?” We Help You Decide
“Do I become a life Coach?” How many times have you pondered this question without knowing how to make the decision on your own? We want to help you decide. Is this your next big move in your professional career. Often times when we are trying to make a big decision we decide to focus on the pros and cons. To help you answer the question “Do I become a life Coach?” I decided to interview a professional coach and ask him about his list of pros and cons. We interview a working life coach to help … [Read more...]
Here’s what You Need To Be a Coach
Straight from the heart, here’s what you need to be a coach. Just three things: competence, caring and capability. Do you have them? Can you get them? If not, set down the study guide from that online program “ become a master coach in 36 hours for $397,” and be glad you did. Coaching Demands Competence Of all the strengths you would like to have in the surgeon who is about to perform open-heart surgery on YOU, wouldn’t competence be right up there at the top of your list? You bet your sweet … [Read more...]
Failure And The Success Coach
Failure and the success coach might sound like a contradiction but it’s not. Are you one of the success coaches who is thriving? Don't try to tell me that you haven't had your fair share of failures. Your failure actually helped boost your success. Failure The Key to Success Failure is the key to success whether you are a success coach, any other coach, or even a client. The success coach gets to see this first-hand (not to mention, more often). Your specialty is success, so you know that … [Read more...]
The Day When You Actually Saw Yourself As A New Coach
There is a day when you are a new coach. And there was the day – quite a while before – when you decided to look into being a coach. That was the day when you said to yourself that you already were a coach. Yes, a coach to the new guy at work and to the kids on your son’s peewee soccer team. Hell yes! You already were a coach! And a pretty darn good one. At least none of the kids had quit, and you had a winning season, more or less. Yes, you already were a coach! Soccer – Life – Coaching Is … [Read more...]
For the New Coach, It’s a Matter of Does and Don’ts
That’s right for the new coach, it’s a little scary. Do this. Don’t do that. But that is how to separate the coaches, new or old, from the non-coaches. That’s right: does and don’ts. To be effective, a coach, new or old – I mean new or experienced, must have the judgment to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time. Be Your Own Judge – Do You Really Care or Not If you conduct yourself as a physician or a priest used to – untouchable in their integrity – then you will be a great … [Read more...]
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