How to Fast-Track Your Practice (the 'Mentor Coach')Written by David Wood
How to Fast-Track Your Practice (the 'Mentor Coach') Body of Article When I was starting out as a coach I looked around for leading coach in Australia (and chose Christine McDougall). For my next coach I called President of ICF in US (Marcia Reynolds). I believe this track is appropriate for high flyers - those going for big achievements. If you truly believe coaching is valuable, it's just common sense to have your own coach. Choose right coach for you, and it will definitely fast track your practice. In this article I'll share a few tips to help you choose right coach for you. After all, it can be a sizeable investment....let's make it pay off! You're after a coach who has something you want. Are they a well paid professional speaker? Do they have forty clients? Are they in corporate market? Do they LOVE their life? Are they working in your dream niche? Do they own a seaside home? Ar they hugely visible in media? Are they a wiz at internet and technology (cough, cough)? Dream kind of practice you want, and find someone who has it. Ideally, you're also looking for someone with experience in getting new coaches started. They may have what you want, but there's no guarantee they can impart/teach what they know. Anything from US$300 to $500 p.m. is reasonable providing they can demonstrate results and have testimonials. Searching You can do a search for "mentor coach" at any internet search engine e.g. www.google.com You might try coach referral service at www.coachfederation.org - which allows you to limit your search to coaches who offer mentor coaching (note - this does not mean they have experience in this). You can search for a CoachU certified mentor coach at www.findacoach.com. Questions to Ask Most coaches are willing to answer some of your questions, and even do a fr'ee trial session before you sign on. Some good questions to ask are: 1.How long have you been coaching? 2.What training have you had? 3.How many coaches have you/are you currently mentoring? 4.What kind of results have your mentorees had? 5.Can you provide email addresses of a couple of coaches you've worked with?
| | A New Conversation About Dreams - Integrity: The Key to Getting What You WantWritten by Marcia Wieder, America’s Dream Coach®
The most critical attribute for realizing our dreams is integrity. In a conversation about dreams, integrity is essential and can be summarized this way: Say what you mean and mean what you say. Honor your word and agreements and you will be living with integrity, where dreams really do come true. Simple, yes, but not always easy. Vastly overscheduled, often person it’s most difficult to keep our commitments with, is yourself. As you practice upholding your values, you are given opportunities to show up or to sell out. When you are challenged, do you lose sight of what matters to you? Do you have an internal pulse, a set of conscious principles that you live your life by? If you are committed to a life of joy and abundance, filled with love, generosity and contribution, integrity is a must. Integrity creates trust and accountability. Surrounded by crowds, you can feel lonely if you’re not true to yourself. Without integrity, you can have great wealth and still feel worthless. And lacking integrity, you won’t trust yourself or have faith in your dreams. When we leave things unresolved or incomplete, we are out of integrity. You can recognize something as incomplete by how you feel about it. Is matter settled? Do you worry about it? How is it impacting other areas of your life? When you are complete with something you don't even think about it. There is no agitation or energy wasted. It’s up to you to decide if something is incomplete or not, but it’s difficult to focus on future dreams when you are consumed by your past. Incompletions can be notorious and contagious as one leads to another. Buried under burdensome annoyances we can feel lost, afraid or confused. Take Jake for instance. He didn't pay his taxes for two years. The IRS put a lien on his assets, so he was labelled a bad credit risk. He couldn't buy a house or rent an apartment. Eventually he lost his credit cards. He was caught in a downward spiral that also undermined his confidence and self esteem. Linda let her parking tickets pile high and never got around to paying them. She became afraid to drive her car because she might get towed. Concerned about driving to work, she eventually lost her job. A small detail led to a bigger concern, which led to an even worse problem. Carol had a room in her home that she called "black hole," filled with incomplete items. Since she and her husband were trying to sell their house, she knew it was time to tackle that project. She came up with a list of over one hundred "items to do." They included returning things she had borrowed, writing letters, even mailing back an inexpensive bracelet she had stolen from her local drug store when she was a teenager. It took some time and effort, but with each item she handled, Carol felt lighter and freer. Within a few weeks of completing her list, they easily sold their house. Completion creates freedom.
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