The secret to how to become a motivational coach who gets great results is really no secret. In fact 9 out of 10 coaches know this, teach this, but don’t practice it themselves. And just like most other types of exercise, this coaching training exercise will only work if you make it part of your lifestyle. There is no fast and easy way to health and fitness, and there is no fast and easy way to peak performance and learning how to become a motivational coach.

What is at the root of your performance? The way we feel within ourselves.

Whether the goal is to figure out how to become a motivational coach or a professional downhill skier, this key coaching training exercise will work if you apply it.

 

Are you ready to commit 5 minutes a day to your own success? If so, you will have the key to how to become a motivational coach who not only talks the talk, but walks the walk. Logically everyone would say “yes”, but few will follow through for 6 months, a year or even more until they are able to master this coaching training exercise. Because if you haven’t practiced day after day, when opportunities arise, you will shrink down instead of rising to the occasion.

The benefits of this coaching training exercise are:

1. You be able to choose how you want to feel at almost any time

2. You will be able to get yourself to do what you want to do

Ready to get started on your coaching training exercise? The key to your peak performance, the difference between times you perform perfectly and the times you perform poorly, is your state of mind. And the key to how to become a motivational coach is to realize you are 100% responsible for your own feelings, and hence your own ‘coaches’ state of mind.

There are 3 forces that create your emotions and drive your behavior.

• The largest part of this is your physiology. In order to perform well, make sure your body is working well. Hydration, breathing, nutrition and sleep. This also relates to structure; how you hold your posture, facial muscles (a smile vs. a frown), and the speed and quality of movement.
• Another aspect is language. This includes what we say to ourselves, positive or negative, and the visual images we imagine.
• The third part of this triad is focus and belief. If you believe that the earth is flat, you may not choose to go on a long sailing trip off into the horizon. And if you believe people are out to get you, you will react differently to someone cutting in front you on the freeway than if you choose to believe that it isn’t a personal attack.

The good news is that by making a change in one or more of these areas, you can create a change in your emotional state. As you master making changes, you will be able to choose how you feel, which will drive your behavior in the direction you choose. By engaging in this coaching training exercise on a daily basis, you can learn how to respond to situations instead of reacting. Then you will have the key to how to become a motivational coach who can get results for themselves and their clients.

Colette Seymann

JTS Advisors Accountability Coach