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Personal
Coaching - therapy of the future
“Coaching
is not only for athletes, it is the therapy of the future.”
—Philip
G Rochford
What’s
missing
Coaching is not only for athletes, it is the therapy of the
future. Life has many challenges. You may be handling life
quite well but some small thing is nagging at you. You feel
that there is something missing in some area of your life
and perhaps you cannot quite determine what or why you are
uncomfortable.
You might not be fully satisfied with your career and finances.
Some important relationship may need to be improved.
Your spiritual or religious outreach is cloudy.
You may need to be more serious about taking care of your
health and exercise programmes.
Your personal development is at a standstill.
Your re-creation is non-existent. You are human so you cannot
expect to be in full control of all these areas of your life.
This is where personal coaching plays an important role in
your success.
Importance of a coach
You benefit directly from the experience of someone who has
traveled the road before. You get the benefit of your coach’s
successes and you are alerted to traps and difficulties that
the coach has directly or indirectly previously experienced.
Thus, you are given the option to avoid those mistakes. Remember
that a fool profits from his/her own mistakes but a wise person
profits from the mistakes of others.
Role of a coach
What in fact does a coach do to help you? A coach is a source
of critical relevant information; provides a cradle of wisdom;
identifies and encourages growth of your specific skills;
gives you needed feedback on how you are doing; is your dedicated
support; functions as a reliable sounding board for your hopes,
plans and fears.
The coach brings to the surface, answers to your problems
that you already have inside of you.
Reasons to have a coach
Take you on your journey of success and balance in your life.
You wish to change something in your life. It may relate to
your finances, your relationships, your career, your health,
your walk with God, your personal development, or some other
significant aspect of your life.
You want to move from where you are now to somewhere else.
You invest in yourself and your future.
You clarify your own needs.
You decide what you want, when you want it, how you will achieve
it and how much you are prepared to commit to its attainment.
There is privacy, confidentiality and coaching hours to suit
your convenience, with a focus on the specific needs that
you personally identify and desire.
You develop strategies to overcome obstacles in your path
Establish balance in both professional and personal life
Define and align your life with your personal purpose and
vision
Connect to your strengths and inner resources to achieve maximum
achievement, fulfillment, and success
The coaching option
Coaching is a good option if you want more success, fulfillment
and happiness in your life.
Coaching works because it brings out your best. A coach understands
that you have the answers and s/he is trained to bring them
out of you.
The technology that made coaching effective in sports is now
used in all areas of life.
1. Coaching is a technology that generates results quickly
because the coach has the same success objectives as you.
2. Coaching addresses your whole person—body mind and
spirit
3. Coaching provides new perspectives and proven solutions.
4. Coaching is a structured process and system that can be
used with ease for breakthrough results.
5. Coaching eventually becomes an enjoyable experience for
the person being coached. Initially to break old habits to
get a new life may be challenging but the rewards are tremendous.
Your reality check
You may be still wondering whether personal coaching is applicable
to you. Consider if you fit into any of these categories:
(1) Your life feels unbalanced, as though you are putting
a lot of time and energy into the things that are not really
of top importance to you.
(2) You are already successful, yet feel that there should
be more to life.
(3) You are in the midst of a major life transition with no
signposts or trails to guide you.
(4) You are facing important choices that are difficult to
make.
(5) You are working at a job that makes you feel miserable
and unfulfilled.
(6) You are unable to act and speak according to your true
values and beliefs.
(7) You sometimes feel that no one cares for you and you have
need for a confidant.
(8) When you have an exciting idea, most of the people you
share it with tend to be negative and discourage your enthusiasm.
(9) You definitely feel that you are in a rut.
Take the plunge if you feel trapped in any of these difficult
conditions and talk with a coach, and I assure you that it
would be helpful. You may be able to solve these problems
on your own, but if you can’t, or if you want to deal
with them more quickly than you might on your own, a coach
may be the person to help you.
A friend or family member can be your coach provided he or
she is trained in the coaching process, have no hidden agenda
and can be impartial in your situation.
My own coaches
My life has been full and successful because I have used coaches
in areas where I was weak. A coach must also be subject to
coaching if he wants to grow and be successful.
It is interesting that since normal retirement I have been
coached by some of the best coaches in the international personal
development industry—Philip Humbert, Glen Dietzel, Mike
Litman and Rod Moore.
My latest coaching by renowned coach, Scott Armstrong, is
to re-brand myself, since I am mainly known for commercial
bank pioneering.
Coaching sessions take you on your life’s journey of
success and balance. Give me a call and let’s check it
out.
Call 633-7856 to identify and achieve your goals and visit
http://www.nurturinglife.com
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