“It’s not about the goal. It’s about growing to become the person that can accomplish that goal.” -TONY ROBBINS

Your growth as an individual defines the growth of your business. Your ability to go deep with yourself allows you to go deep with your work as a coach. Your courage translates to fearlessness in your coaching. Your ability to have extraordinary conversations leads to extraordinary results for clients. Your power to get past your negative beliefs,

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A piece of paper will not transform you into a good coach. It certainly won’t turn you into an extraordinary coach. It will not get you clients and it will not give you the magical ability to answer all questions. Heck, it won’t even help you create consistent results for clients. Some of the best coaches I know are not certified. Some of the

Here are a few powerful questions I regularly turn to during sessions with clients: What does this mean to you? Imagine if you get to that stage that you’re aiming for, what would that look like? What do you need to know to get to this outcome? What are some possible options you can try? What other ways can you explore to achieve that?

That’s what Ariely discovered and what Pink meant when he said extrinsic motivators - like monetary rewards - only work for mechanical, rudimentary tasks. For high level, cognitive, creative work like coaching, extrinsic motivators will hinder your progress. It can even lead to low performance.

When we make an assumption, you are making an ass of yourself and of the person you are coaching. So, don’t do it. If you are not clear, ask “Would you clarify what you mean by this?”. If you are clear, ask anyway “Could you elaborate on what that means?” When you avoid assumptions, you achieve 2 things. First, you will always know exactly what

Expanding your coaching skills must be at the top of your priority list and the “Grid of Upgrades” will help track your progress. Using the grid is easy. The idea is to choose 3 to 4 new coaching skills to focus on, every year. Make sure you pick at least 1 coaching skill that is outside your area of focus or niche. For instance, if you are a

As a coach, you have to have your clients and potential clients experience you. Your coaching. Your work. You need to be able to move into that energy and feel what they feel. They need to be able to see why talking to you will be a transformational experience for them.