{"id":5653,"date":"2010-11-28T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2010-11-28T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2016-08-11T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T05:45:23","slug":"life-coaching-business-lessons-twist-on-tortoise-hare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/life-coaching-business-lessons-twist-on-tortoise-hare\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Coaching Business Lessons:  A Twist On \u2018The Tortoise And The Hare&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of<a title=\"Life Coaching Business\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/life-coach-business-forms-you-need-protection\/5613\/\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>life coaching business<\/strong><\/a> owners. One is like the tortoise in the classic children\u2019s story, \u201cThe Tortoise and The Hare.\u201d The other like The Tortoise. Both styles have strengths and weaknesses, but what if the two worked together to build a business even greater than they could individually?<\/p>\n<h3>3 Keys To A Winning Combination In Your Life Coaching Business<\/h3>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Identify your own strengths. Do you tend to plod along slowly and deliberately, planning ahead\u2026or do you wait until the last minute. The Tortoise would have trouble jumping quickly and wholeheartedly into a last minute project that comes up, while The Hare would jump at the chance.<br \/>\n2. Some terrain is more suitable for The Tortoise than others. Steep inclines, rocks, and other obstacles are all but impossible for The Tortoise, but can be maneuvered quite easily by the hare. For example, The Tortoise\u2019s style might be better suited for long term marketing projects such as internet marketing strategies. The Hare, who doesn\u2019t hide in a shell when nervous, might prefer to do some public speaking and play up the fact that he\u2019s cute.<br \/>\n3. In the original story, if The Hare would have woken up just a moment earlier, the outcome would have been entirely different. You just can\u2019t leave some things to chance in your <strong>life coaching business<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Moral Of The Story<\/h3>\n<p>The moral of the story is that if you want to create a successful <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">life coaching business<\/span>, you\u2019ll need to create a team first. As my mentor says, you need to create a team before you can implement your plan. Whether you work with a partner or outsource your weaknesses, it\u2019s important to know that your success depends on focusing on what you are truly great at doing. You can\u2019t have it all by doing it all.<\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about how to generate an endless wave of high paying coaching clients, get your FREE Instant Access to our \u201c<strong><a title=\"Life Coaching Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/sp.php?adsource=blogtext\" target=\"_self\">Life Coaching Business Blueprint<\/a><\/strong>\u201d video toolkit when you go <a title=\"Life Coaching Business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/sp.php?adsource=blogtext\" target=\"_self\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Colette Seymann<br \/>\nJTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two types of life coaching business owners. One is like the tortoise in the classic children\u2019s story, \u201cThe Tortoise and The Hare.\u201d The other like The Tortoise. Both styles have strengths and weaknesses, but what if the two worked together to build a business even greater than they could individually? 3 Keys To [&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":[195],"tags":[984],"class_list":["post-5653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-life-coaching-business","tag-life-coaching-business","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5653","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=5653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18285,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5653\/revisions\/18285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}