Every coach has her own list of the top 10 reasons to become a coach.  Some we knew before we started.  Others become obvious as a result of our coaching experiences.  Here is my top 10 list:

Internal reasons in my “top 10 reasons to become a coach” list

1. Coaching give me a sense of purpose and an opportunity to help heal the world, as well as many more than 10 reasons to become a coach!

2). Coaching teaches what accountability and integrity are really about.  Now I know that even a casual “I’ll try to phone you tomorrow” said to a friend, is a commitment I need to keep to feel in integrity with myself.  I also know what not being in integrity feels like, and that I don’t like the feeling.

3. Ongoingly in coaching, I have learned a lot about myself–from the difference between how I perceive myself and how others perceive me, to what motivates me, to how competitive I really am.

4 In learning the business side of being a coach, I have learned a whole new language of persuasion, influence and marketing.

5. A peak productive state is now part of my repertoire of ways of being and I have become fluent in a system for changing my own state.

External reasons in my “top 10 reasons to become a coach” list

6. Coaches comprise an amazing community of people who each have their own top 10 reasons to become a coach.  The coaching community is very diverse–from sports coaches to business coaches to spiritual coaches and everything in between.  But one thing we all have in common is a desire to help other people, and that makes us kindred spirits.

7. Coaching introduces me to a constant stream of new people and I have the privilege of entering their worlds, albeit briefly.

8. I not only can, but must on occasion, interrupt people, take a superior position or shock them to change their state.  I enjoy these “bad girl” behaviors which I would not normally do!

9. Holding someone accountable is doing them a tremendous service because when a lapse in  integrity shows up in the coaching relationship, you can bet it shows up in other places in that client’s life and work.

10. I’m learning to leverage my time with the goal of making 6 figures plus, with time to travel, spend with family or do whatever I want to do.

These are my top 10 reasons to become a coach.  What are yours?

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Dorine G Kramer
JTS Strategy and Accountability Coach