(Excerpts from: B. Scott Newman, a freelance writer from New York City and can be reached at bnewman299@aol.com) .
No one can dispute the value of great coaching in sports; talented, and not so talented athletes, coaxed to meet or exceed their expectations.
Big League coaches are primarily hired to show players how to win. While winning is important, teaching is also a major responsibility of the coach.
Skills development is an ongoing process.
Extend coaching beyond the playing field to the lives of average people and there is a concept that is not quite new but in many ways is new technology.
Personal life coaching brings the idea of sports coaching to the average person, helping to improve their day-to-day life.
Coaching can help a person "win" at their career, or get more efficiency, enjoyment and time out of their personal life.
The underlying trend in today's world has always been to try to do more with less, and as a result, we constantly need to come up
with ways to retool and keep up with the demands of our changing environment. There have always been those who have realized the need and
demand for self-improvement.
There is seemingly no end to the amount of resources that are available. Do a search on the Internet for "self help" and you'll be overwhelmed by
thousands of choices, without knowing where to begin. Maybe you've tried some of these programs or maybe you've attended one or more of the self-help
seminars that are quite popular. The information you receive is undoubtedly quite valuable, but do you have the self-motivation to follow through with these
programs on your own? Often, the ones who are the most successful at these programs are the ones who already have many of the skills that these
courses try to develop.
Get a personal life coach.
A personal life coach offers all of the benefits of the celebrity coaching programs but with one major advantage; you get real guidance from a live person;
something you cannot get from a book or a tape. Coaching can help speed up goal attainment and overcome blockages to success.
If you are stuck in your life, can't move forward or are just finding it difficult to juggle your everyday schedule, some private time with a personal coach
might just be for you.
Together, a coach and the client discovers the blockages to success that are preventing the person from attaining desired goals. They then devise a plan
for the client to follow. Stick with the plan and the results are often astounding.
Coaching is not therapy.
Coaches find out where the blockages are and unlike therapy, they don't try to correct them. It could take years to do that.
Instead, they figure out how to work around the blockages, enabling us to achieve results rapidly. In 1998, the International Coach Federation conducted a
survey of 210 coaching clients about the value and use of coaching. Most clients who answered the survey had been working with their coach for
6 to 8 months. 98.5% found value from the coaching: 70% stated that the coaching investment was very valuable and 28.5% stated it as valuable.
Some of the typical issues that coaching clients were concerned with were time management, career guidance, business advice, relationship/family issues,
physical/wellness issues and personal issues. Among the top outcomes attributed to coaching were higher levels of self-awareness, smarter goal setting,
a more balanced life, lower stress levels, self-discovery, and more self-confidence.
You Say You Don't Have the Time for a Coach.
Coaching sessions can be conducted via telephone, thus virtually eliminating the traditional "office visit." In fact, this is the most preferred method for receiving
personal coaching. Whether you are on your lunch hour or spending the day at the beach with your kids, it's easy to "get" to your coaching session. Coaching can
improve your life. It requires a commitment and hard work. The average client receives consultation on a weekly basis. You must be willing to make improvements
in your life. Coaching can improve your situation in ways that you might not expect.
Coaching is designed to improve your life in whatever area you desire. The cost and the commitment could be a small price to pay for maximizing your
life's successes. Are you up for the challenge ? Please contact me
to get started with your FREE session.
