{"id":3339,"date":"2010-05-12T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=3339"},"modified":"2016-08-11T03:15:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T11:15:01","slug":"coaching-strategy-life-coaching-lessons-from-sailing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/coaching-strategy-life-coaching-lessons-from-sailing\/","title":{"rendered":"Coaching Strategy: Life Coaching Lessons From Sailing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Coaching strategy<\/a><\/strong> is more like sailing strategy than an originally thought.\u00a0 Sailing is all about dealing with circumstances, and in coaching we\u2019re supposed to rise about our circumstances.\u00a0 In sailing you have to deal with the wind, waves, and weather; all of which are completely out of your control.\u00a0 So how do you navigate?<\/p>\n

Decide Where You Want to Go Before You Set Sail<\/strong><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s amazing how few people really know where they\u2019re going.\u00a0 In fact nine times out of ten people aren\u2019t clear about what their top goal is; at least not really clear.\u00a0 And if you aren\u2019t clear about your outcome, you\u2019ll be like the proverbial ship that never makes it to port.\u00a0 You need to know what results you want before you start developing a coaching strategy<\/strong> and set sail.<\/p>\n

A Coaching Strategy or a Sailing Strategy Is Your Key to Success:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

What do you do if the wind is blowing against you?\u00a0 If your goal is to go north, but the wind is blowing south, you\u2019ll definitely go south if you don\u2019t have a goal.\u00a0 But if you have the skills you can still get to your destination even with the wind going against you.\u00a0 You can\u2019t go straight into the wind, but you can use the forces that seem to be pushing against you in your favor.\u00a0 In sailing this strategy is called tacking.<\/p>\n

In coaching if you are clear about your goals, you will find coaching strategies<\/a>.\u00a0 You can decide not to let your circumstances affect you.\u00a0 You will be influencing your outcomes and deciding what you can do.\u00a0 It all starts with your goal, your vision, and your purpose.\u00a0 Don\u2019t give up the first time the wind blows in your face.\u00a0 And remember, it\u2019s best to surround yourself with others who have experience on the boat.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

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

Coaching strategy is more like sailing strategy than an originally thought.\u00a0 Sailing is all about dealing with circumstances, and in coaching we\u2019re supposed to rise about our circumstances.\u00a0 In sailing you have to deal with the wind, waves, and weather; all of which are completely out of your control.\u00a0 So how do you navigate? Decide […]<\/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":[219],"tags":[1003],"class_list":["post-3339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-coaching-strategy","tag-coaching-strategy","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339","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=3339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18175,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3339\/revisions\/18175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}