{"id":2252,"date":"2009-10-07T22:21:28","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T22:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2252"},"modified":"2016-08-12T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:13:56","slug":"become-a-life-coach-who-can-survive-the-process-the-fatal-mistake-that-keeps-people-from-becoming-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/become-a-life-coach-who-can-survive-the-process-the-fatal-mistake-that-keeps-people-from-becoming-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Life Coach Who Can Survive the Process: The Fatal Mistake That Keeps People From Becoming a Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Don\u2019t Give Up on Your Dream of Becoming a Coach, Instead Follow These Tips<\/h3>\n<p>Upon completion of training to <strong><a title=\"become a life coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/10\/what-is-a-life-coach-become-a-life-coach-who-is-able-to-answer\/\" target=\"_self\">become a life coach<\/a><\/strong>, what do most people have in common? Easy, most become so overwhelmed they give up on their dream of <strong><a title=\"becoming a coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/08\/become-a-life-coach-becoming-a-coach-who-is-not-afraid-to-be-honest\/\" target=\"_self\">becoming a coach<\/a><\/strong> at the moment it becomes possible.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s the cumulative fatigue from making a coaches training program fit into their already busy schedule that makes them more susceptible to fear.\u00a0 However, many people allow the outside world to come crashing around their dream of <strong>becoming a coach<\/strong> and they start to give up.\u00a0 If you really want to <strong>become a life coach<\/strong>, you\u2019re going to have to get past this obstacle.<\/p>\n<h3>When You Become a Life Coach Live by this Rule: Don\u2019t Play Small<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Become a life coach<\/strong> who doesn\u2019t play small.\u00a0 Too many potentially great coaches get caught up in trying to be perfect.\u00a0 By holding themselves to an impossible standard they\u2019re forced to give up, eventually.\u00a0 <strong>Becoming a coach<\/strong> who plays all out means allowing yourself to set big goals and make big mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>Most people who want to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">become a life coach<\/span>, do so because they want to help others.\u00a0\u00a0 But they think they need to set an example of perfection.\u00a0 However, by trying to be perfect, you are really not setting a standard at all, because who is perfect?\u00a0 When you stop making your success about you, you start <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">becoming a coach<\/span> who can really serve others and make a tremendous impact on their lives.<\/p>\n<p>How do you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">become a life coach<\/span> who can overcome this hurdle?\u00a0 By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">becoming a coach<\/span> who will:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Be honest with yourself and with others.\u00a0 Where are you struggling?<\/li>\n<li>Get support.\u00a0 Use your coach to help change your state and focus.\u00a0 Get clear on what you want in the long term and short term.<\/li>\n<li>Take the daily action you need to stay on track.\u00a0 Have tools in place to be accountable.<\/li>\n<li>Reward yourself for who you are, who you are becoming, and the difference you are making for others.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Are You All In?\u00a0 You Have What it Takes to Become a Life Coach, Now Do IT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When you become a life coach who gets past your fears and plays all out, you give others permission to do the same.\u00a0 Don\u2019t fall among those who quit just before they start experiencing the benefits of their hard work.\u00a0 Becoming a coach who makes it past this hurdle will prepare you for the challenges you will inevitably come across during the rest of your career.\u00a0 Remember, walk your talk and don\u2019t try to do it alone.<\/p>\n<p>Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p>JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Give Up on Your Dream of Becoming a Coach, Instead Follow These Tips Upon completion of training to become a life coach, what do most people have in common? Easy, most become so overwhelmed they give up on their dream of becoming a coach at the moment it becomes possible.\u00a0 Maybe it\u2019s the cumulative [&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":[8,133],"tags":[822,927],"class_list":["post-2252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-become-a-life-coach","category-becoming-a-coach","tag-become-a-life-coach","tag-becoming-a-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252","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=2252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18556,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252\/revisions\/18556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}