Just a few short years ago if someone told you they had a coach you would have probably thought they had a tennis or a golf coach they were working with to improve their game. Now when someone says they have a coach more and more people realize that person is trying to grow as a person, and trying to become successful on their terms.
Personal life coaching has an enormous potential for growth. As I mentioned in another post Why Not Become A Life Coach, there are thousands of areas where you can become a coach. If you look at each person in America, they need coaching for: personal development, finances, marriage, home schooling, decorating, career, leadership, starting a business, accomplishing goals, and any number of things you can think of.
Why Is Life Coaching So Popular?
In my opinion, life coaching is so popular first because, most people already know what they want to do. People have goals but most people need some one to come along side them and help them fine tune the goals and act on them. They also need an honest sounding board that may not be specifically tied to them like a close friend is. Friends are great, they just think like you do so they may not have the best view of what is going on.
Second, most people don’t have a mentor they can go to. I had a conversation last week with a friend about how we wished someone would have come along side us earlier in life to open our eyes to the opportunities that are in front of us now. If everyone had a mentor there would be no need for coaches. Coaches are available now to come along side us and help each person walk through the opportunities at hand.
Finally, coaching is so popular because technology has made it possible. Cell phones let us talk for unlimited minutes. The internet lets us stay in constant communication and do seminars at all times of the day and night. But technology has also made it harder to find a good coach. You need to talk to several coaches before you make a choice on hiring one. Just because a coach charges a lot of money does not mean that coach is a good coach, it just means they charge a lot of money. Find a coach you can connect with and feel comfortable with not one that is going to charge you a whole months paycheck to get the same results.
If you are looking for a Christian Life Coach you can see my coaching page.
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