Not everyone is ready or in the right frame of mind to truly benefit from engaging with a partner whose whole purpose, drive, expertise and mission in life is to help you achieve exactly what you really, really want!
Seems odd to think that someone might not be ready or willing to receive everything that they really, really want, right? However, to get those things that we set our sights on, that seem challenging at the least and impossible at the worst, we have to be willing to change and possibly, change a whole lot!
Obviously there is something keeping us from getting what we want and if nothing needed to change, well…we’d already be living the life we envision or in possession of the things we covet, right?
Change is the most difficult experience to embrace and enact. Hence the reason why there are a million different varieties of coaching: business coaching, life coaching, executive coaching, relationship coaching, creativity coaching, wellness coaching and the niches go on and on…
But at the very core of each coaching discipline, you find one person or persons helping another person or persons to change in some capacity.
Here are four questions to ask yourself prior to reaching out to a Coach:
- Do you know what you want to change?
- Are you passionate about what you want to change?
- Are you willing to do things differently in order to bring about change?
- Is the change you seek, something worth failing to achieve at, over and over again until the change happens?
If you can answer Yes to all four questions, then you’re ready to investigate coaching.
If you answered No to any of the questions, then the return on investment you hope to gain from a coaching relationship will likely take A LOT LONGER to achieve as you and your Coach whittle away at deeper issues that may be better suited to discuss with a licensed therapist or clinical psychiatrist skilled at deeper-rooted challenges.
If this is something you suspect you might need, it’s important to ask the Coaches you interview if they have those credentials.
Please don’t misinterpret what I’m saying here, just because you don’t get everything done on your to-do list in a day and you feel fear at the thought of calling on prospects sometimes or speaking in front of a group, or you get down in the dumps because the industry can be challenging, does not mean you need a shrink necessarily.
My point is simply that there’s a difference between everyday challenges vs. chronic stalemates and there are the right professionals for each situation so just make sure you align yourself with the proper expert for your situation.
Every Coach has their own unique methods to assisting their clients to achieve MORE from their business and/or personal lives.
In my particular mortgage-specific, business coaching platform, I help my clients to…
- turn wishes into goals and goals into calendar-driven action plans
- consider alternate perspectives/stretch out of one’s comfort zones
- embrace already-proven business growth strategies that fit your personality type
- hone-in on your strong points as a sales person and leverage those strong points
- incorporate your passions/interests into your business
- balance competing priorities between home and work
- remain focused on high pay-off activities
- determine business growth strategies that fit your current capacity
- use solution-based thinking as you approach challenges and make decisions.
- identify and eliminate “time-sucking & energy-draining” activities, tasks, people and mindsets from your daily experiences.
To aid you in uncovering the best Coach match for YOU, please download my Coach Interview Questionnaire Knowing the right questions to ask will save you time, money and oodles of frustration and disappointment.