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Putting Money in Coaches’ Pockets | Part 3
Key #3: You must get unstoppable confidence.
It’s always perplexed me how on the one hand, coaches get really fired up about their profession when they discover it. On the other hand, they get timid and shy when it comes to selling it.
I know, it’s mundane to say that now, because there is just so much talk about how to make money as a coach. But that’s why this ecourse focuses so much on the foundational things. Because if your spine is out of whack, it doesn’t matter how many ways you know how to bend over and pick up a box, you are going to have problems.
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May 14th, 2007 at 8:04 am
I do have a mentor and a protege, however they are not in the field of my dream. Does that really matter? Can I still learn from them in the same way? Can I use this experience to move me in the direction that I know I need to go? I sure hope so. I do have a fire in my belly and it continues to grow.
May 14th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
I need pushes, send many. Thanks. Marilyn the best of career coaches.
May 16th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I am beginning to understand the use of the word ‘coach’. I use the MLM in my day to day existence. I am a sponge for new ideas and techniques at any occasion I find myself in and I share any ideas and techniques I have with anyone willing to learn.
June 7th, 2007 at 9:32 am
One of the ways I suggest to clients to build confidence is to set ourselves up for success - even small successes ooze into our subconscious and help us to re-experience that sensation of success. But for how long does that little success last?
How do we guage what is a success? How do we create those opportunities. Since my clients had lots of room for these small successes and usually time, income and a support system (me) it seemed easier to assist in the process. Now a mentor and a protege are great things, but you can’t pull them from a hat.
One of my best mentors died this spring, another helped me find my path and now our paths are “forking”. The most recent mentor and friend has resigned her position as minister in my town and has bought a home in New Hampshire. This is a source of deep sadness for me. My husband and I are trying to pull down barriers including the border between the US and Canada and think of opportunites to offer our unique abilities to a much wider population. Since he is a US citizen that helps. But mentors don’t grow on trees and relationships take time, so suggestions about how others have done this would be gratefully received.
Thanks and shalom,
susanna
July 1st, 2007 at 9:58 pm
I found this lesson to be reinforcing, because I’d already decided to find someone to mentor as a way to get testimonials.
It was good to discover I am definitely on the right track.
August 20th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Regarding having a mentor, I found that having my own coach is invaluable. By being willing to hire someone else as a coach, I am leading by example. And, of course, I benefit in two ways: One is by learning tips and tricks from a successful coach, and the other is by learning what it’s like to be coached. It helps keep me confident in my own coaching skills because I see how much it really helps me to have a coach. (I also wanted to comment to susanna that my last coach/mentor was several states away, and it never mattered because we talked by telephone. And I now have several clients that are in other parts of the country.)
I also have a few proteges, and it’s really thrilling to see them as they start to help others. I have even heard my own words of advice being passed along, and at times am surprised that those “words of wisdom” actually came from my mouth! It helps by reminding me that my ego is not the source of my abilities as a coach. Thanks to Andrea for setting up this blog and the “Five Keys…” I need all the help I can get to keep myself going, and I hope that someday in the not too distant future, I’ll be able to pass the torch along to other coaches, as well!
Warmly,
patricia major
September 11th, 2007 at 5:44 am
I am having my first session with a coach to help me with my business goals today! I agree that it helps to invest in what you are offering. I am realizing what I would like from my coach as far as how we structure meetings and expense, so hopefully that will help me structure what I offer to my clients.
Thanks for the confirmation that I’m on the right track!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:40 am
Extraordinary timing - one of my clients asked me YESTERDAY if they could be my protege! I also chose myself a new mentor yesterday - when the pupil is ready the teacher comes. Thanks, Andrea.
October 5th, 2007 at 12:08 pm
I have had coaches as mentors in the past as I have been able to afford them. I have been thinking lately that I would love to work with an equally motivated individual to provide mutual support and motivation as we grow our business. I think the idea of a protege is a good one. I am considering this with my younger sister but am not sure if family is the way to do this.
October 29th, 2007 at 6:05 am
I mastermind regularly with several coach friends. Peers from the Coach school where we graduated from.
While doing an energy session one day, I realized that I had a long standing resistance to asking people for money.
And, that I needed to release it instantly or forever be in financial limbo.
I have learned that my coaching greatness is not tied to the money I’m making or the number of clients that I have.
I will be taking action and connecting with a mentor and a protege.
Andrea, would you be my mentor?
Mark Semple CCC
December 12th, 2007 at 6:23 am
I have met more fantastic and authentic people since I started on my coaching journey than probably in my whole lifetime! I have close friends who are coaches and regularly co-coach and have support sessions, this is vital to keeping me on track and firing on all cylinders. I am in regular contact with people who are at all stages of their coaching journeys and those who work in other fields too and we are of great support to one another. I think the fire in the belly comes for me from knowing that what I do is so empowering for my clients, I get such joy from witnessing their journeys and just last night received an email from a client who attended one of my workshops about 6 months ago telling me how she finally made her dream holiday come true. For me those are the moments that matter and that bring home to me how what we do makes such a difference.
Jane
http://www.beingexceptional.com
January 6th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I work with a Master Coach. Coaching sessions have moved from personal foundation to marketing. I cannot fathom not having my own coach. I have a PCC colleague who is about a year ahead of me in paid coaching hours (I am an ACC). Our practices and services are complementary. We have worked on several projects together in which both of us have learned from the other. Recently, I began a reciprocal consulting/coaching relationship with a new coach. I am helping him to understand accreditation and build his business. He is helping me to develop an inner sense of humour to cope with grief and other stressors that distract me from my Vision. My point is that I learn from (and contribute to) every relationship at every level. I stepped out of attending coaching community events for a year to attend to other priorties. However, understanding the value of being with passionate people (coaches), I look forward to stepping up my participation in the coaching communicty once again in 2008.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:32 am
I love the mentor/protege, spiritual M-L-M bit. Incredibly insightful!
Indeed, “The Protege takes care of the past”, he reminds you of yourself when you were learning: he IS you, in the past! And “The Mentor takes care of the future for you”, so with him, it’s a matter of who you BECOME, therefore: your future. This is really awesome. Andrea, I’m crazy about you - and I love Tina, too
May 25th, 2008 at 8:54 am
I realized I am contradicting myself a bit. I do have a protege and have made a big decision on a mentor I think will be fantastic, and help me think big. In this world I have confidence. The part I struggle with is coming out of hiding to my day job co-workers, who are my target niche. I am fine with strangers and contacts outside of my current work, but have been very slow to share a lot about what I am doing with my business to those closer to me. I am committing to sending out my survey to teachers and counselors I have worked with in my system along with other connections in other systems in order to find out more about my niche and come out of hiding with those who might need what I “uniquely” offer.
May 27th, 2008 at 8:50 am
What do I need every day, to cultivate unstoppable
confidence? To get back to the inner part of me. Via meditation, yoga, the gym, walks in the neighborhood. Along with being tapped into the various websites for coaching-getting my fix from other folks. Add to that: reminding myself that I am a coach and here I am world.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:33 am
“Unstoppable confidence” has been very difficult for me, because I have been suffering from episodes of depression, as well as financial difficulties. I DO know that my life has been very isolated (not by choice) and that, when I am able to connect with the positive people in my life, my energy soars–and so does my vision and my confidence. Thank you for affirming what I have been experiencing. I am already thinking about a mentor and a protege, which would put two more positive–and helpful–people in my life. Thank you so much for these five days, which have articulated many of the things I “felt” but could not express for myself! You are one of my lifelines!
November 11th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I was touched by the word ‘unstoppable confidence’. I realized that if I could see that every (unhealthy) doubt comes from my ego, I can easily move forward. It saves lots of energy.
I love the course, it gives me just one more insight, exactly the one I need.