{"id":2879,"date":"2010-02-14T17:40:13","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T17:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2016-08-11T02:14:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:14:23","slug":"using-olympic-strategies-to-become-a-life-coach-becoming-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/using-olympic-strategies-to-become-a-life-coach-becoming-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Olympic Strategies to Become a Life Coach: What\u2019s Really Keeping You From Becoming a Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of all the people I\u2019ve ever spoken to who say they want to become a life coach<\/strong><\/a>, few actually make it. Is becoming a coach<\/strong><\/a> that difficult? Sure, it\u2019s not as easy as it would seem to become a life coach<\/strong>, but what\u2019s the problem? If you are more than just \u201cinterested\u201d in becoming a coach<\/strong>, then you can dramatically increase the probability of your success by looking at what others have done.<\/p>\n

In Some Ways, Becoming a Coach Is Like Having the \u201cOlympic Dream\u201d<\/h3>\n

The truth is there is no secret to becoming a coach<\/strong>. If you want to become a life coach<\/strong>, you\u2019re going to have to commit yourself to the process. You need the get a taste of the \u201cOlympic Dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

If You Want to Become a Life Coach, You Have to Be Ready to Train<\/h3>\n

Becoming a coach<\/span> is a lot like training for the Olympics. If you want to go to the Olympics, you\u2019re going to have to get a coach and train. Not just for a few months, but for years. If you want to become a life coach<\/span>, it\u2019s no different.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Count on Natural Talent to Become a Life Coach<\/h3>\n

Sure there are those athletes who seem to come out of nowhere and experience \u201cinstant success,\u201d and the same goes for becoming a coach<\/span>. There are those rare few who can become a life coach<\/span> in a relatively short time. Some people are just more talented than others. But, isn\u2019t it true that the reason why the Olympics gets some of the highest TV ratings is because we all hope that somehow we might achieve greatness, too?<\/p>\n

Becoming a Life Coach Really Boils Down to One Thing<\/h3>\n

What separates those who just think about going to the Olympics (or becoming a coach) from those who actually do it, boils down to one thing: commitment. You wouldn\u2019t expect someone to make it to the Olympics without years of hard work, sacrifice and set-backs. What makes you think you can become a life coach without giving up your \u201ccomfortable\u201d life? Whether it\u2019s staying up late writing blogs, taking a second job or giving up your $4 vanilla lattes to pay for coaches training; you\u2019re going to give up some of that comfort is you really want to change your life.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann
\nJTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Of all the people I\u2019ve ever spoken to who say they want to become a life coach, few actually make it. Is becoming a coach that difficult? Sure, it\u2019s not as easy as it would seem to become a life coach, but what\u2019s the problem? If you are more than just \u201cinterested\u201d in becoming a […]<\/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-2879","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\/2879","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=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18113,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions\/18113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}