Life Coaching - Commit Before You Jump
Before you spend your hard earned money on life coaching, make sure that you think very carefully about it. Coaching is an investment. It can be expensive and if you are going to spend your money on it, be ready to make the investment of your time and energy into it. A life coach can only do their part to help you find your own answers and help you come up with the actions necessary to reach your goals.- You have to answer the questions.
- You have to work on goal setting.
A coach can only give the tools to work with; you have to do the work on your own and if you are not going to follow through and do it, then coaching is a waste of your time and money. Don't fool yourself. You will only end up feeling badly about yourself and probably feel badly about life coaching as a profession. You will think, "It didn't work." I used to be in 12-Step programs where they often said, "It works if you work it". The same is true for coaching.
And, if you are going to make the investment, it is worth your time to research coaches. Find a life coach that you are comfortable with and that you will open up and be honest with. A coach can't help you if you aren't honest with them about what your goals are and what you are hoping to accomplish - and most importantly who you really are. And if you are unsure of that, the right life coach can help you uncover your Real Self. Life coaching is a wonderful way to continue your life journey - with a partner.
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Maia, You are the most sensible person!
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ReplyDeleteYou are so right on in this post. Coaches like you and me can help people succeed in their lives and careers, but we CANNOT do it for them.
We are all responsible for our success. Coaches can guide, nudge and even push, but in the end you have do the work yourself.
It's called taking personal responsibility.
Bud Bilanich
The Common Sense Guy
Maia,
ReplyDeleteThank you for this post. There are so so many life coaches out there and I really get annoyed when most of them seem to be about 25, 30 years old and have never experienced IMO true life experiences i.e. hunger, poverty, bereavement, illness, unemployment, pain, suffering, abuse, the list is endless. Also I worry that why they have good intentions, if anything goes wrong is there form of support? Im really glad that you have mentioned taking personal responsibility. Also its like finding a good doctor, so many to choose some, where do you start. I personally think there is no substitution for real life experiences, many social workers do not have children of their own so how can they be qualified to deal with children. Its a debate which interests me and I would love to know what others think. Thank you for your common sense approach and for not being pushy and overbearing.
Wow. How fortunate I am to have been found by a long lost acquaintance that turned into my best friend - and my life coach. She found me at the lowest point in my life and was able to guide me through the tunnel I was in because she had already been through it. There she stood in the light at the end, beckoning and encouraging. I in turn have done the same for her at other times in her life. We are each other's life coaches and best friends. And the best part is that we didn't have to try to find the money to pay for such a priceless gift.
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ReplyDeleteThat's definitely one of the hardest concepts to get clients to understand. Many think I will hand them the solutions to their problems. Instead, they find themselves working to unearth those solutions themselves, while I help keep them on track and offer moral support.
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