I’m sure you know that to be a great Life Coach you have to be great at asking questions. I’m equally confident that you know the power of active listening and understand silence in the coaching environment can often be your best friend. And you’re smart, so you get how beneficial it can be to […]
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We’re about a third of the way through the latest Coach the Life Coach course and this past Sunday a question came up from a new coach. She asked the excellent question of what to do when you get into the coaching relationship and it becomes apparent there are red flags that weren’t obvious previously. […]
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1.Understand How To Run A Business Frighteningly, some Life Coaches don’t even consider this before they embark on a career in coaching Starting up as a Life Coach purely and simply because you want to help people is noble, but not very smart. It’s akin to buying a restaurant because you love food. There’s a […]
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Have you ever walked into a pet store and been handed an 8-week old puppy to hold who has cuteness oozing out of every pore as well as all 4 paws? The moment you stare into the eyes of that bundle of adorability you form a bond. Of course the store owners know this. They […]
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When I first started coaching full-time back in 2005 I rarely met anybody who had an opinion on Life Coaching, so little was known about it. However, in the intervening time as more and more people have rushed to embrace coaching as a career more and more misunderstandings have arisen. You are probably going to […]
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I quite literally built A Daring Adventure (my private practice) on the back of blogging. And possibly the number one part of that strategy was guest blogging. In this post I’m going to share with you the process of building a guest posting strategy and why, if you are to succeed with online marketing, it […]
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As we draw closer to the end of the client acquisition course and start to get ready for the next full Coach the Life Coach course on June 11th, I was reminded of an email exchange I had with a woman just after I started Coach the Life Coach. I was running a competition for […]
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About every couple of months I will take a look through a folder I have where I store all my inquiries that didn’t convert into paying clients. Sometimes I have had a consult and then it went nowhere. They may have told me they didn’t want to hire me, or they may have just gone quiet and […]
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In a previous post I shared my top 1-minute life hack and asked people to share theirs in the comments. I have since grabbed 20 and put them all together in one place for you to dip in and use from time to time. They’re not in any particular order and I’d welcome your thoughts […]
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What is your number one job as a Life Coach? Be careful before you answer the question because in my experience most coaches get it wrong. Very wrong. Don’t just scroll down, really give it some thought. Seriously, think about it. Your ability to think and not just seek the answer immediately is paramount to your […]
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