{"id":7371,"date":"2011-05-01T06:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T14:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=7371"},"modified":"2016-08-14T11:16:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T19:16:34","slug":"your-career-as-a-life-coach-roller-coaster-vs-kiddie-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/your-career-as-a-life-coach-roller-coaster-vs-kiddie-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Career As A Life Coach: Roller Coaster vs. Kiddie Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is your <a title=\"Career As A Life Coach, Life Coaching Business\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/how-to-increase-your-yes-rate-in-career-as-a-life-coach\/766\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>career as a life coach<\/strong><\/a> more like a roller coaster or a kiddie ride? Maybe you\u2019re just starting out on the ride and it is fun and exciting. In the beginning of your new career as a coach, life seems filled with anticipation. Just like the beginning of a roller coaster, ride up to the point where the ride takes that first big drop. That\u2019s when anticipation turns into apprehension.<\/p>\n<h3>Dreaming About a Career As a Life Coach Won\u2019t Prepare You For the Ride<\/h3>\n<p>When you dream about your future <strong>career as a life coach<\/strong>, the excitement and thrill is almost addictive. Once you get into the ride, you find that your stomach starts to tense up and fear takes over. You tense up and even if you enjoy the ride, a photo of the moment would reveal the truth. You\u2019re gripping the sides of the car for dear life or wedging your body with your legs so you can raise your arms over head and look cool.<\/p>\n<h3>Creating Your Own Destiny<\/h3>\n<p>Riding the roller coaster <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">career as a life coach<\/span> is too much for most people, who prefer the stability of the kiddie rides. The closer you get to taking that first plunge, the more the fear comes up. Some people never get on the ride. They become seminar junkies or lifetime students, never feeling quite ready to get their career off the ground. The closer you get, the more uncertain you become. Just like on a roller coaster, however, once you get through the first steep dives you realize that you really won\u2019t die. As you gain confidence, you\u2019ll realize that holding on to the safety rails doesn\u2019t really make a difference. There is no certainty in a life coach career. There is only contribution and a guarantee that no matter what happens, you will grow in the process of finding ways to make a bigger difference in the lives of your clients.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Special Bonus \u2013 Learn 32 \u2018Guru\u2019 Transformation Techniques when you fill in the form at the top right and click the \u201cWatch The Videos Now\u201d button. You&#8217;ll learn how to become a life coach in 30 days.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-top: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/bio\/colette-seymann\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Colette Seymann<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nJTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is your career as a life coach more like a roller coaster or a kiddie ride? Maybe you\u2019re just starting out on the ride and it is fun and exciting. In the beginning of your new career as a coach, life seems filled with anticipation. Just like the beginning of a roller coaster, ride up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":[103,195],"tags":[898,984],"class_list":["post-7371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-career-as-a-life-coach","category-life-coaching-business","tag-career-as-a-life-coach","tag-life-coaching-business","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18745,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7371\/revisions\/18745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}