Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Personal Coach

A personal coach might be something you've considered. Jack Canfield from The Success Principles explains that hiring a personal coach can be one of the best secrets for the successful. author coach

1. A coach can help you clarify what your vision is and how to achieve it. A coach can help you clarify your vision and goals if you feel that the way you are living is not what you want.

2. You can rely on a coach to help you get through difficult times. Sometimes all it takes is someone to talk with who doesn't get too involved, too distracted, or too involved in our lives to support us when we are going through tough times. Coaches may be the right person to help you if you feel that you just need to talk to someone who understands and won't judge.

3. A coach can help you develop momentum. How many times did you start something, feel good about it, and then lose interest in it, never to go back? Coaching can help you keep the momentum going and keep your eyes on the prize. This is similar if you hire a personal train to help keep you going with your exercise routine when you feel like something else.

4. A coach can help to keep you focused and on the right track. Have you ever let the little, unimportant things take control of your day and by the time the day ends, you realize you haven't accomplished anything you were hoping to accomplish? You can get help from a coach to keep you on track with the important things and delegate/dismiss the rest. author's coach

5. Coaches can help you to look objectively at your past. A coach will challenge you to look closely at what you're actually doing and not just what you want. Do you see a potential match? Are you going to change your ways and get to where you want? Coaches are willing to ask tough questions.

6. Coaching can help you see both the positive and negative aspects of your behavior. Since the coach isn't standing in the forest, he can typically see the trees that you don't. How often are we able to continue repeating the same destructive patterns? Coaches can help you see the bigger picture.

7. A coach will hold your accountable for the goals and expectations you have set. A coach is not a babysitter. Coaches will not allow excuses for failure to move forward and help you make the right decisions. It will provide you with the necessary motivation to keep your commitments by publicly declaring your intent.

8. A coach can help you work less and achieve more. Coaching is a skill that coaches are skilled at teaching time-tested methods to be more productive. Did you know that research shows that the average 8-hour-a-day worker is only productive for 1-2 hours a day? A coach can help increase productivity in a shorter amount of time.

9. A coach can help you discover your true passion. Are you curious about your unique talents and your purpose in life? If you aren't asking these questions, you might need a coach. We all have unique abilities and a purpose but some of us never discover them and the rest of us who do are too afraid to just go for it! A coach can help uncover your passion -- the thing that drives you to get out of bed every morning.

10. Coaching can help you find your core values and teach you how to live in harmony with them. It is important that we all live by the values we hold dear. Many times, certain values we hold may be in conflict with each other. Sometimes we aren't aware of the value that is important to us. Coaching can help us live our lives in line with our values. This will allow you to live a life of pride.

Although I am not asking for your permission to hire me, it is a request to do so. What I am suggesting is that you will be able to do more than you could ever have imagined with a coach than without one.