{"id":1810,"date":"2009-07-15T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2016-08-12T07:57:14","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T15:57:14","slug":"how-to-become-a-success-coach-what-you-need-more-than-a-life-coach-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/how-to-become-a-success-coach-what-you-need-more-than-a-life-coach-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Become a Success Coach: What You Need More than a Life Coach Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to <strong><a title=\"become a success coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/03\/time-management-mastery-to-become-a-success-coach-life-coach-tips-you-to-avoid-burnout\/\" target=\"_self\">become a success coach<\/a><\/strong> you\u2019ll need a lot more than a <strong><a title=\"life coach degree\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/02\/options-for-life-coaching-education-from-becoming-a-certified-life-coach-to-life-coaching-degree\/\" target=\"_self\">life coach degree<\/a><\/strong>. You may be thinking, what could be more important than a <strong>life coach degree<\/strong>? But it is your beliefs that supply the foundation for success. They are passive memory; the instruction manual for how you operate. Therefore, it follows that to <strong>become a success coach<\/strong>, you will need to make sure your beliefs support you.<\/p>\n<h3>The Importance of Your Beliefs When You Become a Success Coach<\/h3>\n<p>How do beliefs dictate the likelihood that you will <strong>become a success coach<\/strong>? Beliefs are the conductor in the orchestra of success; not you, your beliefs. While your triad (the combinations of beliefs, physiology, and language pattern) dictates how you feel and how well you\u2019ll perform in any particular moment, the biggest factor comes into play from your beliefs. Your beliefs organize and command when you choose what state of mind to go into. Belief delivers a direct command to your nervous system. When you believe something is true, you literally go into the state of its being true. In fact, there\u2019s no more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. And while earning a <strong>life coach degree<\/strong> may help your beliefs about your ability to coach, the degree alone is worthless if your belief structure isn\u2019t supportive of your role as a coach.<\/p>\n<h3>How Your Beliefs Affect Your Ability to Become a Success Coach?<\/h3>\n<p>How do your beliefs affect your capacity to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">become a success coach<\/span>? Your beliefs are the central orchestrator of all the motivating forces in your coaching business. Your beliefs dictate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What you will attempt in your coaching.<\/li>\n<li>Whether you pursue a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coach degree<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The way your treat your clients and partners.<\/li>\n<li>How you feel about your coaching business.<\/li>\n<li>Your perception of your coaching.<\/li>\n<li>What you focus upon and think is important in your coaching business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Use Your Beliefs to Complement Your Life Coach Degree<\/h3>\n<p>How can you make sure you succeed in your attempt to b<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ecome a success coach<\/span> even before you earn a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">l<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ife coach degree<\/span>? The challenge is the opportunity. Most of our beliefs about what is going to happen in our coaching business were created from interpretations of experiences in our past, even if we\u2019ve never started a coaching business before. Most coaches don\u2019t consciously decide what to believe about their coaching business, but the truth is, we all can. It\u2019s up to us to decide what we will believe.<\/p>\n<p>The first step to become a success coach who chooses their own believes about their coaching practice, is awareness. You can just as easily develop powerful or limiting belief about your coaching business if you just find enough references to build them up. You could easily find reasons to support your beliefs that clients are rotten, or that they are wonderful! Which on is true? The answer is that it doesn\u2019t matter which one is true. What matters is that you can choose. And it doesn\u2019t take a life coach degree to figure out that it makes more sense to choose the one that is most empowering.<\/p>\n<p>Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p>JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to become a success coach you\u2019ll need a lot more than a life coach degree. You may be thinking, what could be more important than a life coach degree? But it is your beliefs that supply the foundation for success. They are passive memory; the instruction manual for how you operate. 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