{"id":534,"date":"2009-02-15T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=534"},"modified":"2016-08-17T16:01:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:01:26","slug":"do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-become-a-life-coach-with-your-own-practice-or-should-you-start-looking-for-coaching-jobs-working-for-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-become-a-life-coach-with-your-own-practice-or-should-you-start-looking-for-coaching-jobs-working-for-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Life Coach With Your Own Practice? Or Should You Start Looking for Coaching Jobs Working for Others?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It sounds great\u00a0<\/a>to become a life coach<\/a>\u00a0and work from home, the beach, and make your own schedule.\u00a0\u00a0And\u00a0coaching jobs<\/a>?\u00a0\u00a0Working for only a small part of what your client pays?\u00a0\u00a0Who needs that?\u00a0\u00a0But before you quit your job,\u00a0consider the following:<\/p>\n

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur?<\/div>\n

You can\u2019t just\u00a0decide to become a life coach<\/strong>\u00a0and start making lots of money right away.<\/h3>\n
You might need to start by working harder than you ever have for anyone else, for little or no pay.\u00a0You will have to make mistakes, fail, and learn some more.\u00a0\u00a0If you aren’t willing to go through that, then start looking for\u00a0coaching jobs<\/strong>.<\/div>\n
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If you want work for yourself and not have a boss looking over your shoulder?\u00a0\u00a0Look through the help-wanted section for government paid\u00a0coaching jobs<\/strong>.<\/div>\n

If you decide\u00a0to become a life coach<\/span>\u00a0you will have many bosses who demand results.<\/h3>\n
You will refer to them as clients.<\/div>\n
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If you want to be able to do whatever you want to do, when you want to do it\u2026you are better off in a job.\u00a0\u00a0Coaching jobs<\/span>\u00a0or otherwise.\u00a0If you want\u00a0to become a life coach<\/strong>, you will have to devote your life to learning so that you may serve others.\u00a0\u00a0It can not be about you, or the money. \u00a0That doesn’t mean that you won’t get anything for you, or that you won’t be looked up to. \u00a0You probably will. \u00a0That also doesn’t mean that you won’t make a lot of money. \u00a0You probably will. \u00a0But all that good stuff has to be about the service to others, and a desire to make the world a better place.<\/div>\n
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If you are looking for job security\u2026there is none.\u00a0\u00a0Not in this environment, and especially for\u00a0coaching jobs<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0If you decide\u00a0to become a life coach<\/a>\u00a0and go the entrepreneurial route, you will have more control over your destiny.\u00a0\u00a0But you will also need to be able to take some risks.\u00a0\u00a0You will learn that the process is often more important than the goal.\u00a0\u00a0And you will have the potential\u00a0to become a life coach<\/span>\u00a0who makes a dramatic impact on the world.<\/div>\n
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Colette Seymann<\/div>\n
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JTS Advisors Accountability Coach<\/div>\n
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It sounds great\u00a0to become a life coach\u00a0and work from home, the beach, and make your own schedule.\u00a0\u00a0And\u00a0coaching jobs?\u00a0\u00a0Working for only a small part of what your client pays?\u00a0\u00a0Who needs that?\u00a0\u00a0But before you quit your job,\u00a0consider the following: Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? You can\u2019t just\u00a0decide to become a life coach\u00a0and […]<\/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":[16,75],"tags":[827,874],"class_list":["post-534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-coaching-jobs","category-to-become-a-life-coach","tag-coaching-jobs","tag-to-become-a-life-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534","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=534"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19100,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534\/revisions\/19100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}