{"id":1376,"date":"2009-05-31T13:20:11","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T13:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2016-08-12T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T08:46:07","slug":"becoming-a-motivational-coach-using-what-you-know-from-your-life-coach-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/becoming-a-motivational-coach-using-what-you-know-from-your-life-coach-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Motivational Coach:  Using What You Know from Your Life Coach Classes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Getting Results from Becoming a Motivational Coach<\/h3>\n<p>After taking all those <a title=\"Life Coach Classes\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/02\/what-education-is-required-to-become-a-coach-important-life-coach-education\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>life coach classes<\/strong><\/a>, is there anything you can use on your path to <a title=\"Becoming a Motivational Coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/category\/motivational-coach\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>becoming a motivational coach<\/strong><\/a>?\u00a0 The biggest problem with motivation is that people are not focused on results.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it; most people grow up looking for a pat on the back or avoiding pain (like a spanking or parental disapproval).\u00a0 They are trained to just focus on activity, and not on getting results.\u00a0 You can change that by <strong>becoming a motivational coach<\/strong>, using the skills you\u2019ve learned from <strong>life coach classes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Using Life Coach Classes to Motivate Clients<\/h3>\n<p>How can you help people get results, even before you master all the information from the <strong>life coach classes<\/strong> you have already taken?\u00a0 The key to <strong>becoming a motivational coach<\/strong> without taking on even more <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coach classes<\/span> is to teach people to use a results template.<\/p>\n<p>Start by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">becoming motivational coach<\/span> who has their clients list the results they want on the top of a sheet of paper, spreadsheet, or white board.\u00a0 Just below each result, have them list the actions that will help them achieve the result.\u00a0 They can also color code the actions that must be done, either by highlighting or using a different color.<\/p>\n<p>Below the actions, you continue working with your clients by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">becoming a motivational coach<\/span> who helps them identify the different roles they play when working on each result.\u00a0 This works great with people who are entrepreneurs, who often wear many different hats to keep their businesses running.\u00a0 Then below each role, using the skills from your <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coach classes<\/span>, help your clients identify the feelings they will have when they are working on their actions.\u00a0 This will help them develop a greater sense of purpose.<\/p>\n<h3>Maximizing the Value of Life Coach Classes<\/h3>\n<p>By becoming a motivational coach who helps your clients focus on the purpose of the results, they become motivated at an even higher level.\u00a0 <a title=\"Becoming a Motivational Coach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.1000ventures.com\/business_guide\/crosscuttings\/motivating_attitude.html\" target=\"_blank\">Becoming a motivational coach<\/a> doesn\u2019t mean you have to fill a room full of people.\u00a0 Teaching people to get off the treadmill of activity and helping them focus on results can be just as powerful.\u00a0 The results will probably be even more sustainable than a weekend motivational retreat.\u00a0 Plus, the additional good news is that you don\u2019t necessarily need to take more life coach classes to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p>JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting Results from Becoming a Motivational Coach After taking all those life coach classes, is there anything you can use on your path to becoming a motivational coach?\u00a0 The biggest problem with motivation is that people are not focused on results.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it; most people grow up looking for a pat on the back [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[170,169],"tags":[963,962],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-becoming-a-motivational-coach","category-life-coach-classes","tag-becoming-a-motivational-coach","tag-life-coach-classes","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18382,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions\/18382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}