{"id":1867,"date":"2012-12-13T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T18:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2012-02-08T13:49:58","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:49:58","slug":"michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is taken from David&#8217;s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.10supercoaches.com\/\">10 Super Coaches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business.<\/p>\n<p>Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just cash).<\/p>\n<p>Establish enough reserves to be financially solvent and emotionally secure for at least one year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is taken from David&#8217;s interview with Michael O. Cooper in\u00a010 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[123],"tags":[122,349,171,137],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The following is taken from David&#039;s interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Wood\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Inner Firewalking | with David Wood\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The following is taken from David&#039;s interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-12-13T18:00:07+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-02-08T19:49:58+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The following is taken from David&#039;s interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking\",\"headline\":\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davidadmin\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-13T12:00:07-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-08T13:49:58-06:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"10 Super Coaches, interview, life coaching, Michael O. Cooper, Super Coaches\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/10-super-coaches\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"10 Super Coaches\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/10-super-coaches\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"10 Super Coaches\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/10-super-coaches\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/10-super-coaches\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"10 Super Coaches\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Inner Firewalking\",\"description\":\"with David Wood\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davidadmin\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davidadmin\\\/\",\"name\":\"David Wood\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/0.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/00497b44972ba12ad2b153511bd4d799?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"David Wood\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/\",\"name\":\"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking\",\"description\":\"The following is taken from David's interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davidadmin\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/davidadmin\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-12-13T12:00:07-06:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-02-08T13:49:58-06:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Inner Firewalking\",\"description\":\"with David Wood\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking","description":"The following is taken from David's interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just","canonical_url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#article","name":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking","headline":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/author\/davidadmin\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2012-12-13T12:00:07-06:00","dateModified":"2012-02-08T13:49:58-06:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"10 Super Coaches, interview, life coaching, Michael O. Cooper, Super Coaches"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/#listItem","name":"10 Super Coaches"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"10 Super Coaches","item":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#listItem","name":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/#listItem","name":"10 Super Coaches"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Inner Firewalking","description":"with David Wood","url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/author\/davidadmin\/#author","url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/author\/davidadmin\/","name":"David Wood","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#authorImage","url":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/00497b44972ba12ad2b153511bd4d799?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"David Wood"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#webpage","url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/","name":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking","description":"The following is taken from David's interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/author\/davidadmin\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/author\/davidadmin\/#author"},"datePublished":"2012-12-13T12:00:07-06:00","dateModified":"2012-02-08T13:49:58-06:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/","name":"Inner Firewalking","description":"with David Wood","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Inner Firewalking | with David Wood","og:type":"article","og:title":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking","og:description":"The following is taken from David's interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just","og:url":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/","article:published_time":"2012-12-13T18:00:07+00:00","article:modified_time":"2012-02-08T19:49:58+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches - Inner Firewalking","twitter:description":"The following is taken from David's interview with Michael O. Cooper in 10 Super Coaches. What words of advice would you give to a coach starting out? Double the amount of time you estimate it will take to build your business. Practice EXTREME profitability on every project you undertake (profits can be virtual metrics, not just"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"1867","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 00:36:10","updated":"2025-06-04 03:55:58","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/\" title=\"10 Super Coaches\">10 Super Coaches<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tMichael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog"},{"label":"10 Super Coaches","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/category\/10-super-coaches\/"},{"label":"Michael O. Cooper with Advice For New Coaches","link":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/michael-o-cooper-with-advice-for-new-coaches\/"}],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1868,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions\/1868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.life-coaching-resource.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}