{"id":664,"date":"2009-03-07T00:22:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T00:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=664"},"modified":"2023-05-19T19:15:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T03:15:01","slug":"how-can-i-become-a-coach-becoming-a-life-coach-on-a-shoestring-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/how-can-i-become-a-coach-becoming-a-life-coach-on-a-shoestring-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"How Can I Become a Coach? Becoming a Life Coach on a Shoestring Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

People Often Ask, \u201c<\/span>How Can I Become a Coach<\/span><\/span>?\u201d<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cWhat are the start up costs in\u00a0<\/span>becoming a life coach<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span>?\u201d \u201c<\/span>How can I become a coach<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0if I don\u2019t have a lot of extra money?\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Becoming a life coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and starting up your own practice doesn\u2019t have to cost you a small fortune.
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How You Can Start B<\/span>ecoming a Life Coach<\/span><\/span>\u00a0on a Shoe String Budget:<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  1. \n

    Get a phone. If it\u2019s a cell phone, use it to make your appointments and you can coach just about anywhere.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Get a library card. It\u2019s free, and as you are\u00a0<\/span>becoming a life coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0yo<\/span>u will need to improve you knowledge base for strategies and coaching technologies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Find a computer with internet access. You can get free coaches training on\u00a0www.coachestrainingblog.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>, which will definitely help you in\u00a0<\/span>becoming a life coach<\/span><\/span><\/span>. You can even get access at most public libraries.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    Find a mentor. If you are really committed to\u00a0<\/span>becoming a life coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>, you<\/span> will need a mentor to guide you. Or at least get some coaching.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once you have the equipment, you may find yourself asking, \u201c<\/span>How can I become a coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>? I don\u2019t have any clients.\u201d Start by offering complimentary sessions to everyone you know. From those people, depending on your relationship with them, you will find two categories of people. Those who you will coach, and those who know other people you can provide free sessions for. You will need to coach at least 5 clients per week. For free if necessary, until you are confident in your ability to provide specific, measurable, ambitious, results for your clients that they know they would not have been able to achieve without your coaching.
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    Once that question is solved you will ask, \u201c<\/span>How can I become a coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0who gets\u00a0<\/span>paid<\/span><\/em>\u00a0for what they do?\u201d When you are able to provide so much value in a free session that your client sees coaching as th<\/span>e only vehicle to really achieving their goals, the consequences of staying where they are, and the pleasure they will have once they achieve their goals, they will pay you.<\/p>\n

    And once that question is solved, hopefully you answer the most important question which is, \u201cHow can I become a coach<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>who is committed to elevating the coaching profession by providing exceptional results for my clients.\u201d That’s the most important question a coach can ask!<\/p>\n

    Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

    Accountability Coach, JTS Advisors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    People Often Ask, \u201cHow Can I Become a Coach?\u201d \u201cWhat are the start up costs in\u00a0becoming a life coach?\u201d \u201cHow can I become a coach\u00a0if I don\u2019t have a lot of extra money?\u201d\u00a0Becoming a life coach\u00a0and starting up your own practice doesn\u2019t have to cost you a small fortune. How You Can Start 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":[18,89],"tags":[829,887],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-becoming-a-life-coach","category-how-can-i-become-a-coach","tag-becoming-a-life-coach","tag-how-can-i-become-a-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","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=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28905,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/28905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}