{"id":8322,"date":"2011-09-05T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=8322"},"modified":"2016-08-14T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T22:29:11","slug":"are-you-the-success-coach-or-an-angel-investor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/are-you-the-success-coach-or-an-angel-investor\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You The Success Coach or An Angel Investor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

It may not seem that as the success coach<\/a><\/strong>, your job has anything to do with angel investing. After all, isn\u2019t an angel investor someone who backs a business with a nice investment of money? Seems a bit backwards since you\u2019re probably the one getting paid by your client, rather than the other way around. But consider what you do and maybe you\u2019ll agree that the success coaching approach is strikingly similar to angel investing in many ways.<\/p>\n

What Drives an Angel Investor to Back a Business?<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s the who, what, why, when and how about angel investors–<\/p>\n

1. Who: As an expert in a certain field, the angel investor, in addition to providing monetary support, may provide the business with knowledge, management advice, and other valuable resources. Angel investors have often succeeded in their own businesses, possibly experiencing setbacks along the way and overcoming them.<\/p>\n

2. What: The angel investor is the one that fills the funding gap between the \u2018friends and family\u2019 investors and the venture capitalists, giving the business a boost to the next level.<\/p>\n

3. Why: They make investments in businesses for reasons that go far beyond the money they\u2019re likely to make.<\/p>\n

4. When: Often the angel investor gets involved with the business in its early stages.<\/p>\n

5. How: The angel investor sees the potential for growth and often the investment is mission-driven.<\/p>\n

Does any of this sound familiar to you as a success coach?<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s How You\u2019re an Angel for Your Clients as the Success Coach<\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s compare the success coaching approach to angel investing as defined by the points made above:<\/p>\n

1. Who: The best success coaches are those who have experienced real success despite setbacks in their own lives. This is important so that you can be authentically supportive to the client, helping her achieve her own personal and professional goals.<\/p>\n

2. What: As the success coach<\/strong>, you fill the gap. You provide a safe space of non-judgment and acceptance, unlike family and friends, and you boost the client’s confidence and ability to reach the next level. You help them move into a place where they know their purpose, identify they want, and begin creating steps toward achieving their goals.<\/p>\n

3. Why: You make investments of time and energy in your clients as a coach for reasons other than just making money. You love the work because you are passionate about supporting your clients in their steps toward personal and professional success.<\/p>\n

4. When: Most often the success coach<\/span> is hired in the early stages of a client\u2019s development toward defining what success means to them. As your client begins to use her success muscles, your job is to support her along the journey, through the twists and turns, the challenges and opportunities.<\/p>\n

5. How: As a success coach, you are passionate and purposeful, and attract clients who resonate with you. You\u2019re excited by their \u2018mission\u2019 and you believe in them, in their potential to succeed and thrive in all areas of their lives.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re thinking of taking the title of the success coach<\/strong>, you may want to don your wings and halo. After all, your work in this world is essential, sharing your expertise and experience, aligning your heart and mind to truly support your client\u2019s journey on the path to success.<\/p>\n

Hope you took some great value out of this post today! I\u2019d love to hear your feedback, so make sure you leave a comment<\/strong> with your thoughts or questions. And also, you can click on the Twitter button below to retweet this article\u2026 Thank you<\/a><\/strong>!<\/em><\/p>\n

Marti Hess<\/strong><\/a>
\nLife Coach
\nWriting team, Coaches Training Blog Community<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may not seem that as the success coach, your job has anything to do with angel investing. After all, isn\u2019t an angel investor someone who backs a business with a nice investment of money? Seems a bit backwards since you\u2019re probably the one getting paid by your client, rather than the other way around. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"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":[214,409],"tags":[998,1244],"class_list":["post-8322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-success-coaching","category-the-success-coach-success-coaching","tag-success-coaching","tag-the-success-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8322","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18872,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8322\/revisions\/18872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}