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A Guide to Life Coaching

Q: Who works with a coach? 
A: Anyone who wants to have a successful, productive life.

Venus Williams, Melanie Oudin, and Annika Sorenstam use coaches on a daily basis to improve their games. Some of them have life coaches as well.  Actually people in all walks of life, regardless of their profession, work with life coaches. They include professionals, business owners, entrepreneurs, and people in transition.

How different would your life be if it changed 10%? 20%? Working with a coach provides you an opportunity to make a shift in your life and make choices that put you on a path to a powerful, happy life.

Think of a life coach as your personal trainer. You know, the person that you pay to make sure you do your exercises, eat right, get healthy and stay healthy. A life coach does all that in every aspect of your life.

What is the process?  How does coaching work?

1. You and your coach are partners.

How do you accomplish this?

a) As your coach I am your partner. As your partner I am committed to you and your goals.

b) We work together to determine where you are and where you want to be.

2. Identify your values and goals.

How do you accomplish this? With your coach, your partner,

a) discuss the things that are important to you.

b) answer focused, powerful questions posed by your coach.

c) eliminate the clutter by listening and evaluating the clear, concise feedback to your answers.

3. Plan your work to accomplish a particular goal.

How do you accomplish this? With your coach

a) determine specific and measurable steps.

b) set a time parameter for each step.

c) check that your plan is doable.

d) be accountable to your coach on a specific day at a specific time.

4. Work your plan.

How do you accomplish this?

a) Complete each step in the time allotted.

b) Check in with your coach.

c) Email your coach if you get stopped.

d) Use the tools, support, and structure that your coach provides.

5. Evaluate your progress.

How do you accomplish this? With your coach

a) check off any steps you completed.

b) see what steps still need to be done.

c) accept what has been done and what still needs to be done.

d) enjoy the results of what steps you accomplished.

e) retool any part of the plan or go on to another goal.

6. Acknowledge what you have accomplished.

How do you accomplish this? With your coach

a. recognize your accomplishments.

b. focus on the positive and learn what didn’t work and why.

c. persevere and move on to the next step or goal.

d. observe who you are being (guilt-ridden or I can do this another way) and how you are performing the steps in the plan.

e. concentrate on how you will feel when you have accomplished everything listed on your plan.