It’s that time of year again, when the days start getting shorter and the holidays start taking a toll on our life coaching career. With fewer hours of daylight, our bodies start going into hibernation mode. We start feeling comfy and cozy, and before you know it we find fewer hours to devote to our coaching businesses. It’s difficult enough to juggle career and family obligations when you have a regular job, but when you create your own schedule sometimes it feels impossible to maintain your … [Read more...]
Life Coach Career: Are You A Glutton For Punishment?
Your life coach career is a terrific place to experience the pangs and pleasures of gluttony—the sixth in our series of the seven deadly sins in your coaching business. According to wikipedia, St Gregory the Great said that “one may succumb to the sin of gluttony” by several different means, including time (when), quality, stimulants, and quantity. So how do those translate into characteristics of your life coach career? Check it out and see if you are a glutton in either of the following two … [Read more...]
The Lady Ga-Ga Life Coaching Business School
What does your life coaching business and Lady Ga-Ga have in common? Probably not much. Most coaches play it relatively safe when it comes to their coaching businesses. If you are serious about taking your life coaching business to the next level, however, I dare you to try some of Lady Ga-Ga’s techniques. Your Lady Ga-Ga Life Coaching Business Make-Over Tips. 1. Be clear about your vision and message. Once you are clear, share it with the rest of the world. 2. Use your assets to the fullest. … [Read more...]
The 5 Most Under-Utilized Tools For Increasing Your Life Coaching Income
Although you can increase your life coaching income in a number of ways, there are tools that coaches often forget during the prospecting or enrolling process that would make a huge difference in their coaching income. These have to do with tools that are readily available to all of us. Voice accounts for 38% of face-to-face communication, and even more with voice-to-voice communication as many life coaches use. Simply synchronizing your voice with your clients’ not only improves your enrollment … [Read more...]
Your Life Coaching Business: Lessons On Audacity From The Daily Show
What does it take to have a successful life coaching business? Earlier this week John Stewart took audacity to a new level. His guest was none other than President Obama. I have walked across fire, but I don’t know if I could maintain an emotional state that would allow me to call the president of the U.S. on the carpet. John Stewart truly has some chutzpa. It’s obvious he will do whatever it takes to follow his vision. Are You Committed To Your Life Coaching Business Or Your Comfort? John … [Read more...]
Turn “Start Life Coaching Business Blues” Into Good News
If you don’t already have the nasty blues trying to push yourself to start life coaching business on a shoe string, just wait a few months and you will be bleeding from head to toe and crying your heart out. Watch out for the big ticket price tag for great sounding, tantalizing coaching certification programs because you may be in for a big surprise. Stop and shove your fist through that persuasive online order now window. Say hell no! Hang onto your credit card and your hard earned cash until … [Read more...]
Unlikely Life Coaching Business Lessons From A Cookie Baker
Whether or not you like cookies, I just learned some life coaching business lessons from Gail Dosik of OneToughCookie. At the age of 50, she gave up a lucrative career in fashion to pursue her heart’s desire of starting her own decorative cookie business. How many life coaches start out the same way? There were so many parallels between Gail’s story and many coaching success stories I’ve heard that I had to read on. Gail’s Simple Steps To Success. 1. She quit her job and enrolled in culinary … [Read more...]
Coaching Fees: What People Find Priceless In Coaching
A lot of coaches wonder what they have to do to get people to pay their coaching fees. Coaching is not a tangible commodity. In fact, one of my friends and mentors says we are in the business of selling, “Unicorns and Rainbows.” Personally, it’s hard to imagine anyone paying fees for a dream. But they will if they believe the coaching they receive will turn their dreams into a reality. Paying Coaching Fees Doesn’t Guarantee Results This is often the most difficult part of the … [Read more...]
How The Deadly Sin Of Greed Can Kill Your Life Coaching Business
Second in our series on the seven deadly sins in your life coaching business is greed. Greed is defined as reprehensible or insatiable desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves—the extreme end of the scale of wanting. Unlike the first deadly sin of pride, greed doesn't have any long-term up side to it, although wanting certainly can. Wanting to fill our coaching practice or learn advanced coaching and marketing skills can get us into action in a positive way. But if … [Read more...]
How Your Dirty Little Secrets Impact Your Personal Coach Salary
Who you are as a person has a direct effect on your personal coach salary. Those dirty, little secrets we try to hide from the rest of the world eventually become public. And if you think the people who are close to you don’t know, ask them if you dare. Your personal friends and family know you better than you know yourself at times. Your Personal Coach Salary Is A Direct Correlation To Your Level Of Integrity As a coach, you can tell subtle changes in someone’s voice. It lets you … [Read more...]
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