{"id":1509,"date":"2009-06-13T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2009-06-13T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2016-08-12T04:00:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T12:00:30","slug":"the-3-biggest-problem-with-life-coaching-how-to-become-a-coach-prepared-to-face-anything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/the-3-biggest-problem-with-life-coaching-how-to-become-a-coach-prepared-to-face-anything\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 Biggest Problems With Life Coaching: How to Become a Coach Prepared to Face Anything"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are the 3<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching<\/a><\/strong> and how do you become a coach<\/a><\/strong> who is prepared to handle any challenge?\u00a0 The\u00a0<\/strong>3<\/strong>\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching<\/strong> are not knowing where you are in your path, not knowing your destination, and not having a clear, detailed plan.\u00a0 Most coaches have one or two of these items covered, but unless all three are mastered the challenges faced on your path to become a coach<\/strong> are likely to throw you off course.<\/p>\n

The First of the 3 Biggest Problems With Life Coaching: Not Knowing Your Strengths and Weaknesses<\/h3>\n

The first of the 3<\/strong>\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching<\/strong> is lack of clarity about your strengths and weaknesses as a coach.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t know what you don\u2019t know, how are you going to learn?\u00a0 Become a coach<\/strong> who can look at your weaknesses as opportunities for growth, instead of letting your weaknesses discourage you.\u00a0 Much like a butterfly is able to fly because of the muscles it builds while working to break out of its cocoon, overcoming our weakness and challenges makes us stronger.<\/p>\n

The Second of the 3 Biggest Problems With Life Coaching: Not Knowing Where You Are Going<\/h3>\n

Lack of clarity about where you want to be is the second of the 3<\/span>\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching<\/span>.\u00a0 Become a coach<\/span> who is clear about your ultimate vision and purpose.\u00a0 Most people have some ideas, but you need your goals to be detailed and in writing.\u00a0 This part of the process takes more time and soul searching than most people are willing to invest.<\/p>\n

The Third of the 3 Biggest Problems With Life Coaching:\u00a0 Not Knowing How to Get There<\/h3>\n

The third of the 3<\/span>\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching<\/span> is lack of a detailed plan.\u00a0 Most coaches and small businesses run without a business plan.\u00a0 Some small business owners are so busy working in their business that they fail to take time to work on their business.\u00a0 Michael Gerber\u2019s The E-Myth explains the key ingredients to developing a prosperous small business.\u00a0 This book is a great resource for anyone wanting to become a coach.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t become a coach<\/span> who knows how to run your business; your business will run you.<\/p>\n

Awareness is the first step to overcoming the 3\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching.\u00a0 Now, you are ready to start developing a plan; your detailed map of how to get from where you are to where you want to be, as well as the strategy to make it happen.\u00a0 By taking the time to complete this process, you will become a coach who is prepared to weather any storm.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What are the 3\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching and how do you become a coach who is prepared to handle any challenge?\u00a0 The\u00a03\u00a0biggest problems with life coaching are not knowing where you are in your path, not knowing your destination, and not having a clear, detailed plan.\u00a0 Most coaches have one or two of these […]<\/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":[180,3],"tags":[969,819],"class_list":["post-1509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-3-biggest-problems-with-life-coaching","category-become-a-coach","tag-3-biggest-problems-with-life-coaching","tag-become-a-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509","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=1509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18418,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509\/revisions\/18418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}