{"id":2890,"date":"2010-02-16T15:10:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2890"},"modified":"2016-08-11T02:10:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T10:10:40","slug":"become-a-life-coach-become-a-mentor-who-values-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/become-a-life-coach-become-a-mentor-who-values-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Life Coach Who Leads by Example: What it Takes to Become a Mentor Who Values Your Own Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most people become a life coach<\/a><\/strong> so they can help others.\u00a0 But how can you help others in areas where you yourself are struggling?\u00a0 The biggest challenge many coaches face is that they don\u2019t value their own time enough to impart that skill to others.\u00a0 And if you want to become a life coach<\/strong> whose clients value every second of time they have with you, you\u2019re going to have to become a mentor<\/a><\/strong> in time management.\u00a0 And when I say, \u2018become a mentor<\/strong>,\u2019 I mean you\u2019re going to have to figure it out for yourself first.<\/p>\n

Become a Mentor in Time Management by Understanding Where You Spend Your Time<\/h3>\n

The first step if you want to become a mentor<\/strong> who values your time is to understand where you spend it.\u00a0 Most people spend their lives in \u2018Routine Time\u2019.\u00a0 Getting up, going to work, eating meals, etc.\u00a0 Whatever you are currently doing is most likely your routine.\u00a0 It has taken you to where you are today, but if you want to become a life coach<\/strong> you will need to make some changes.<\/p>\n

Why You Need \u2018Project Time\u2019 if You Want to Become a Life Coach<\/h3>\n

If you want to become a life coach<\/span>, you\u2019re going to have to either allow yourself to empty your routine or create a block of time in your schedule to work on creating something new out in your life.\u00a0 Let\u2019s face it, you\u2019ll probably never get all the routine things done.\u00a0 New fires will have to be put out, leaving no time to work on your future.\u00a0 Once you overcome this struggle, you\u2019re ready to become a mentor<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Become a Mentor That Leads by Example<\/h3>\n

And I do mean struggle.\u00a0 Just because you place a block of time on your schedule to work on your goal to become a life coach<\/span>, doesn\u2019t mean you will actually accomplish anything.\u00a0 Unless you are totally committed to setting aside time for creating something new, it will never happen.\u00a0 People will call, emails will draw you away from your intent, or something else will show up that appears more important.\u00a0 You will put it off until next week.\u00a0 But if you really want to become a mentor<\/span>, you\u2019re going to have to lead by example.<\/p>\n

The key to success in creating something new in your life, to become a life coach or any other noble endeavor, is to place a premium on your own time.\u00a0 No one is going to free up time for you.\u00a0 In fact, it\u2019s usually just the opposite.\u00a0 When you become a mentor who sets boundaries on your own time, you set a standard.\u00a0 While there will be some who don\u2019t like it, you\u2019ll find many people will appreciate your time even more and get better results.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

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

Most people become a life coach so they can help others.\u00a0 But how can you help others in areas where you yourself are struggling?\u00a0 The biggest challenge many coaches face is that they don\u2019t value their own time enough to impart that skill to others.\u00a0 And if you want to become a life coach whose […]<\/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":[8,86],"tags":[822,885],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-become-a-life-coach","category-become-a-mentor","tag-become-a-life-coach","tag-become-a-mentor","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890","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=2890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18110,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2890\/revisions\/18110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}