The following is an excerpt from Top Coaching Techniques.

1.      Pick a goal that excites you – not something you think you SHOULD have.

2.      Would you choose this if you only had 12 months to live? Reassess your priorities.

3.      Make it real by being specific: by when will you have it? How many, what colour? How will you feel?

4.      Will this goal fulfil you, or just be another thing to have? Is it thing related, or people related? Spiritual? Something which expresses who you really are?

5.      What are the key milestones to achieve along the way. Again, be specific.

6.      Work out how to make it fun – be creative. e.g. a picture of the dream body you will become on your wall.

7.      Broadcast it. Commit to this by telling three key people you will do this, announcing it via email, and putting a display up on your wall. (If you’re concerned about failure or how you’ll look, work with a coach).

8.      Don’t play Lone Ranger. Write your list of what who and what you have access to which could help you.

9.      Write your list of what needs to be done to achieve the first milestone.

The following is an excerpt from Top Coaching Techniques.

Instead of floundering around, you’re actually working on some exciting, inspiring goals. So, you start with what do you want, and help them. Some questions you can ask that might help elicit that are things like, ‘What’s one thing you’d love to change?’ ‘Is there anything in your life that you hate?’ ‘Is there anything in your life that you’d really love to have more of?’ Another good one is, ‘If there was a goal that might be even too big for you to achieve – but if you could have anything in the world, you’d probably go for it – what would that be?

Client: OK, yeah.

David: OK, now another way to break that down when people are having trouble, is to ask them about different areas of their life and go through the standard areas; relationships, finances, health, career. Go through that and just ask them to maybe score each one out of ten. That will tell you pretty quickly if the client is saying, ‘Oh, I just have no idea what I’d work on with a coach.’ That will tell you pretty quickly which area is not so hot.

Client: Yeah.

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.

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!

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.

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.