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Top Ten Tips for Committing to Action

The following is an excerpt from Top Coaching Techniques.

1. Choose something you really want – not something you think you SHOULD do.

2. Set a goal that is specific and measurable – so you know you’ve reached it!

3. Find a way to make it fun (it doesn’t have to be serious).

4. Choose a meaningful halfway mark or milestone and ~celebrate~!

5. Have a friend do it with you.

6. Tell everyone what it is – it doesn’t exist until people know about it.

7. For the tricky ones, have three friends check in with you to see how you’re going.

8. Schedule a regular time of day or day of the week for your action.

9. Put up a banner or screen saver reminding you of the benefits of your goal.

10. Hang out with people who have the same or similar goals!!!

One Reason Not To Become a Life Coach

The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.

If you don’t enjoy seeing and being part of someone’s growing, then don’t become a coach. If you don’t get a kick out of being part of someone learning something new, bursting through a barrier, having FAR more than they ever thought they could have then this is not the career for you.

Having said that, I don’t believe there is a human being on the planet who couldn’t learn to enjoy that!

Is it Okay to Make a Lot of Money?

The following is an excerpt from the book Get Paid For Who You Are:

Deep down you may not want to start a business for fear that people will think you’re greedy or involved in a “get rich quick” scheme. if that’s what you’re worried about, is it really more noble for you to hide your gifts and talents than to make them available to others?

Here’s an example. Let’s say you’re a counselor who’s really good at helping women over 45 move through the process of divorce. a woman comes to your website lost, anxious, depressed and panicked about what life might be like after divorce. even though she knows it’s the right decision, she doesn’t have the courage to divorce because it’s too scary and she can’t see the way forward. as she gets information from your website she begins to feel some comfort, peace and optimism; she begins to create some goals for herself.

Then, she subscribes to your newsletter and after two to three months she has received so much from your free tips that she’s ready to proceed with her divorce. So, she spends $47 on your ebook, downloads it and devours it in about five hours. She’s so excited and happy, she follows your action steps and she starts putting them into place. She’s empowered. a month later, she calls you up and says, “I’d like to hire you. i’ve saved up the money and i’d like to work with you.” So you work with her over the phone and support her through the process of achieving her goal.

Perhaps making money is a normal, healthy byproduct of helping others.

What You Do

The following is an excerpt from the CoachStart Manual.

We asked the question: “What do you do?” and “If you did specialize in a target group, what might that be?” Here we look at the issue in much more depth.

It’s important to get clear on what it is you’re out to make happen for people. You’ll start with the intellectual stuff: “er… I help people set and achieve goals, which inspire…”. Balderdash! You want to get right down to it, in clear English that everyone can understand.

Here are some examples:

“I help people do whatever it is they need to do so they have zero regrets at the age of 80.”

“I ask people ‘What do you want?’ and ‘What are you doing about it?’”

“I help people get off the fence, and start living their life.”

“I help people get clear on what’s really important to them, and then keep them in action!”

“I insist people live the life they were born for.”

“I have my clients stop waiting.”

“I work with women who are not ecstatic in their relationship, to help them get exactly what they want and deserve from the relationship.”

Does that help? You want to get clear on WHY you are a coach and what you want for people.

MM #105: How I Got Started

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A major business magazine is talking about publishing my story early this year. I enjoyed their questions and writing the answers, and realized many readers have an interest in how I got started in the business.

Here are my answers to this journalist; I hope you find them useful:

1) How did you get started?

I was in a cushy consulting job on Park Avenue – helping multinationals with their international pension fund arrangements. Sexy, hmm? I was an actuary with a numbers addiction, and only 1% of the population had any idea what I did.

I did a personal development course with Landmark Education because my marriage was falling apart, and lo – the clouds parted.

I saw people having life changes in three short days, that most people wouldn’t have in a life time. Cynical, actuarial David gradually gave way to a man who saw great possibility for all people – beyond what most can imagine.

I quit my consulting job and started handing out business cards that said “life coach”. When I had 23 clients in 5 countries, making 6 figures working 2 days a week on the phone, I found new coaches and other professionals flocking to me to find out how to build a successful coaching practice using the internet.

Now I show all professionals how to share their gift with the world using the internet. And how to automate it, so they serve the world while they sleep, freeing up their time for other things that get the soul juiced up! From my laptop, I shout my message to 91 countries, encouraging people to escape their wage slavery and do the same.

2) Why did you choose the business you’re in?

As mentioned above, I was blown away by what was possible in people’s lives. I realized I was naturally coaching people anyway; I just wasn’t getting paid for it. I found I had a natural flair for marketing and a talent for training and writing. I couldn’t stop coaching people if I tried. I combined these with my nerdy internet genes and an online business was born.

3) What are your goals for 2009?

There are so many!

Launch my new book to best-seller status: “THE WEALTHY GYPSY How to travel the world, serve others, and get paid for it” (still playing with the title).
Use the book as an excuse to do a national talk-show and radio tour to build profile and sales and reach more people.
Have Richard Branson write the foreword to the book.
Develop a $15,000 product.
Develop a 3 day retreat/bootcamp.
Develop a high end coaching program for The Wealthy Gypsy training.
Write four more books.
Deliver 4 speeches to audiences over 1000, selling $300,000 in training at each.
Increase my rate of taking ideas to reality by a factor of 10. How? By posting ALL internal projects on a web site, and inviting my 70,000 subscribers to either volunteer for, or manage a project. Some will receive product in exchange, some will be paid cash, and some will share in the profits. This project (in progress) can be viewed at www.solutionbox.com/mindmap/index.pdf (by publishing date this will be fully functional with application forms).
Live communally with friends for 3 months out of the year.

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Action: Post on the blog:

1) What’s one action you will take to increase your exposure to the media?

2) What are YOUR goals for 2009?

3) Post your answers to the blog.

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