Thinking of starting a life coaching practice? There is no time like the present to get started on a new career. Whether you are already a coach in a different field, or still on the sidelines, this is a great time to take the plunge! The economy stinks, but the coaching business continues to grow and provide opportunities for qualified people to start a coaching practice. According to one an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, personal life coaching in the United States was the second … [Read more...]
Assessment Coaching: Key to Hiring & Team Building
Whether you are building your own team or coaching a CEO, assessment coaching can be your secret weapon. Assessments, properly administered and interpreted, can almost instantly get you inside of peoples’ heads. So whether you are hiring or helping people perform as a highly effective unit, assessments can be the key to your success in coaching. Here are three insights that assessments can provide. What Is Your Style? Assessment instruments can give insights into Behavioral Style, Values and … [Read more...]
Increase Your Life Coaching Income with New Year’s Resolutions
What life coach doesn’t want to increase their life coaching income? Ok, there may be a few of you who have reached the pinnacle of success and wealth, but most coaches are continually seeking new ways to boost their profits and money-making ability. Want to send your life coaching income to the stars and beyond? In the spirit of the new year, here are five absolutely stupendous, incredible and amazing New Year’s resolutions you can make to expand and grow your business. The 5 Absolute Best … [Read more...]
Life Coaching Tools: 12 Life Assessment Areas
In your coaching practice, having a variety of effective life coaching tools at your fingertips can help you determine potential strengths, weakness, and vulnerabilities of your clients. These tools can be used as a starting point when working with a new client and as a way to initiate communication. One of the best life coaching tools to use is a listing of the various areas of a client’s life that can be assessed, analyzed, evaluated, and ameliorated. Each area can be rated and then the … [Read more...]
Coaching Arguments: Should Personal Coaches Push Or Pull?
One of the biggest coaching debates is whether personal coaches should push or pull their clients. In one camp, there are the directive personal coaches who say clients need to be held accountable to tasks in order to transform their lives. In the other camp, a non-directional personal coach view says that Freudian listening will help you gain access to the inner challenges your clients face. Personal Coaches Fighting? Why Can't We All Be Friends? Silly as it sounds, there are a lot of … [Read more...]
Live Your Life Like a Dog: Life Lessons From a Personal Coach
A personal coach can give you lessons on living life to the fullest by teaching you to live like a dog. That’s right, one of the keys to a satisfying life is to learn from man‘s best friend!. What can a personal coach teach us about a dog’s life that will help us live our lives to the fullest? Well, you would be surprised how much we can learn from our faithful companions. Dogs can teach us humans the right way to live! 6 Life Lessons From a Dog: The Perspective of a Personal Coach … [Read more...]
Life Coaching: Move up or Cease to Exist
There is an old saying in life coaching that goes: if you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space. I learned this lesson on the rock walls of the Wind River Mountain Range in Western Wyoming. Known for its high quality granite, the Wind Rivers are a haven for mountaineers willing to hike in for three or four days to enjoy what might be the most sensual experience of their lives. Each Day’s Beginning Lies in the Night Before The last conscious acts done before slipping into … [Read more...]
Socrates was a Personal Life Coach
The great Greek philosopher, Socrates, did not go down in history as a personal life coach, but he left us many pearls of wisdom that apply when coaching clients to achieve happiness, success, and personal satisfaction. Perhaps he should be considered the original personal life coach! Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Couldn’t that apply to the job description of a PERSONAL LIFE COACH? One of the most basic components of your practice should be to ask your clients: … [Read more...]
The Biggest Single Mistake in Personal Coaching
In personal coaching, the single biggest mistake is to fail to really connect with our clients and understand their authentic inner hopes and fears – their very being. You could call it being a good active listener, but just that is not it, at all. It actually defies a principle of physics: how can you get close enough to really understanding something without changing it? You can’t. Or can you? If you can, how can you do it? Here’s how. Guide without Leading Ask open questions that don’t … [Read more...]
Hey! Depressed Tweeters, I’m a Life Coach For Hire
Yeah, I’m talking to you! If you are not familiar with the information I’m about to share then you have got to crawl out of that hole. We are two days into the New Year and it is time to step it up my fellow coaches. Share What You Know on Twitter With People Who Need to Know It Did you know you could type anything you want into the search engine on twitter and find out who is talking about exactly what you are searching for? This nifty trick is great for life coaches for hire. Are you … [Read more...]
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