The Top 10 Reasons To Hire a Coach
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To help you reach your highest potential
(Not if you feel like your life is “good enough”)
One of the biggest why people hire coaches is because they’re looking to level-up in their life. Coaching isn’t for people who are good to go, are happy where their life is at, or are looking for “good enough”. So, if that’s where you’re at, you’re likely not going to get what you want out of this…
Coaching is for people who want “more” in their life. People who invest in coaching are looking to take better care of theselves, to have better relationships, to have better clarity, to be more productive, etc. So, if your goal is to be more, reach your highest potential, and level-up, coaching is for you
2
To have an unbiased perspective on your life, decisions, goals, etc
(Not to tell you what to do or judge you)
Coaching provides you with guidance without judgment and the reason why that’s such a valuable perspective to have is that our friends and family members often don’t. As much as our loved ones, well, love us, they do have a bias. If we have a incredible opportunity that involves leaving for 12 months or moving across the country, they will likely have a bias in that because they may not want us to leave. A coach.
A coach is able to objectively help you evaluate your life, your decisions, your goals, and the opportunities that present themselves. A coach can help you navigate these opportunities and determine what are the best ones for you. There’s no judgment and no pushing my values onto you. It’s all about you, and what is the best next step for your life and what you want out of it.
3
To help you know yourself. notice your blindspots & overcome them
(Not to fix what’s wrong with you - cuz nothing is)
I love the saying that “awareness is the first step”, but sometimes self-awareness can only take us so far. Why? Because we can get emotional. If the people in our lives are biased, we also have our own biases, judgments, fears, etc. that might limit us in evaluating our own lives.
Coaches are professionally trained to spot patterns and ask questions to uncover the things that are holding you back the most. But, please know that this isn’t about “fixing you”. You’re not broken. There’s nothing wrong with you. So, if that’s what you’re seeking out coaching for, you might be in the wrong place. This is about enhancing your awareness to help make you better, not to give you reason to think you’re “not enough.”
4
To help you find sustainable systems that work for you
(Not to give you a specific “how to” manual)
That’s right. This is about creating sustainable systems that work for you. But, it’s not about telling you what to do. This isn’t a “how to” manual. To quote Brene Brown, “how to doesn’t work. If ‘how to’ worked, we wouldn’t be the most medicated, depressed, and in debt cohort in human history.”
Anything we work through - self-care, productivity, etc. - we will find the best thing for you. No health program, goal achievement strategy, or business model is going to work long-term if it’s not sustainable. If it’s going to burn you out, it’s not going to work. So, we will work together, trying different things and experimenting, until we find what works for you.
So, if you’re looking for “how-to” - coaching isn’t for you! But, if you’re looking to find the right strategies and systems for you to use in your life long-term, I’ve got your back, my friend.
5
To hold you accountable to doing the work it’s going to take
(Not to be a 1x a week “great conversation”)
Coaching is - first and foremost - about accountability, in my opinion. We can all find out what to try, what to do, and what questions to ask to help us live better lives. Hell, it’s the internet age. The amount of information that’s accessible too us is insane nowadays. So, yes, you could probably find just about anything I know or can teach you online somewhere. I’ll admit it.
But, how many times have you committed to a goal and not followed-through? Probably quite a few times, am I right? That’s the beauty of coaching. It holds you accountable. It keeps you motivated. It’s not about letting you start and then stop. It’s about making sure you stay on the path and moving forward. Because of that, though, it is going to require work outside of the session.
So, if you’re looking for something to be just a “great conversation” week in and week out, something that isn’t going to require you to show up outside of the session, then coaching isn’t for you. But if you’re looking for something to hold you accountable to getting shit done, coaching is for you!
6
To help you achieve your goals & ambitions more quickly
(Not to waste your time guessing & checking)
You know what I said above? How you can find everything I know and everything I can teach you somewhere online? It’s the truth. But lemme tell you - that shit can take the long-time. The analogy I love is this: you can walk across the nation to get where you want to go OR you can just take a plane.
That’s what coaching is. Coaching is taking a plan instead of walking. Coaching is saving you the time, energy, and effort it would take to guess + check your way to your goals and ambitions. Coaching is saving you from having to do all the research and the work to find the information you need yourself.
That’s the beauty of coaching.
7
To help you get clearer on who you are
(Not to tell you who you are)
A big part of coaching is about clarity. Before I started working with a coach and getting clear on myself, I had no idea what my values are, what my core motivations were, or what I truly wanted out of life. But then, working with coaches over the years helped me get clear on all of that.
Because a lack of clarity…that’s like starting of on a 300-mile trek without a damn map—and that’s just stupid, isn’t it? Coaching helps you get clear so that you have a map to guide you forward. To show you the end destination that you’re working toward anyway.
What it’s not? It’s not telling you who you are. It’s not telling you what success looks like. It’s not imposing my beliefs of a life well lived on you. Not at all. It’s all about youo and your own self-discovery.
8
To help you put your money where your mouth is
(Not to be “cheap and easy”)
One of the biggest things that coaching is is an investment—in your time and of your money. Coaches have invested a shit ton of time into their own training and to get good coaching, it does come at a cost. So, if you’re looking for something inexpensive, know that you’re going to get what you pay for. If you’re lookign for easy, that’s not what you’re going to get either. A big investment will bring about a big transformation—that’s the deal.
If you’re struggling with this one, consider this story about Picasso, which you may have heard before. It really paints the picture of what you’re investing in.
In the story, a woman sees Picasso in a market and asks him, “Would you draw something for me?”
He says, “sure” and proceeded to draw a beautiful little sketch on a napkin. He hands it to her and says, “that will be thirty thousand dollars.”
The woman is surprised and says “But, Mr. Picasso, how can you charge me so much? This drawing only took you 30 seconds!”
Picasso paused and said, “Madame, it took me thirty years.”
When you hire a coach, it’s not a simple time for money transaction. You’re also paying for all the effort that person put into learning their craft. This investment should stretch you, and if it doesn’t? You might want to consider if you’re actually getting the value you want from your coaching experience…
9
To benefit from someone else’s expertise
(Not to do it all alone…)
Coaches are experts in personal transformation, productivity, self-care, self-awareness, and many many other things. They’re professionals in the very things that are going to help you achieve your goals and what you want out of life.
Let me give you a feel for the kinds of credentials coaches might carry. For example, I have a certification in neurolinguistic programming (NLP). NLP is a field wherein you can look for patterns in someone’s words, eye movements, and more to help you uncover their modes of communication and more. I also have am a certified professional coach. In this training program, I learned how to leverage powerful questions to uncover what you truly want and what’s going to be the best way to get you there. I’ve also read 50 books a years in the fields of mindfulness, spirituality, productivity, and more.
Coaches have also sorts of training, knowledge, and skills…and instead of having to learn all those things yourself, working with a coach allows you to leverage all of this to better your life.
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To help you navigate uncertainty
(Not to be someone to vent to)
Coaches can be used for many different situations in live—when something bad has happened, when something good has happened, or when you’re stuck and things are staying the same. Bad things and good things have an element of uncertainty…and uncertainty can be pretty damn terrifying.
A coach can help you overcome those fears and put them into proper perspective so that you can move through the uncertainty to make gains in your life.