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How To Be At Peace With Yourself What is about peace that we really seek? It is probably different for all of us. In all cases it involves current state and our future. Your default future is the one that will occur with no intervention or change. “What got you here won’t get you there.” […]
Read articleHow To Be Confident Self doubt keeps us from realizing our potential. Self doubt has many names: interference, inner-critic, inner judge, shadow are but a few examples. We will find the origin of doubt in our upbringing: As you went through each childhood stage of growth and development with your reality tested by negative messages […]
Read articleHow Can a Life Coach Help Me? It depends. What do you need? Why this answer? Because any coach worth his salt is going to design a program around the needs of the client. The better question then should be: Will A Life Coach Help Me? Even this question requires greater clarity. However, the way […]
Read articleHow Much Does A life Coach Cost? To answer this question I’d like for you to read this post through the lens of the following two idioms: 1. A thing is worth what someone will pay for it 2. You get what you pay for I worked for Papa John’s International as a Vice President late in […]
Read articleWhat is life coaching designed to achieve? This is another one of those questions that could be answered 100 different ways. The response is more about process than it is about result. Let’s begin with a brief (very brief) comparison of a therapist job description versus a life coach. Life coaching is designed to achieve: […]
Read articleWhat Can Life Coaching Do For Me? The International Coach Federation (ICF) answers, “What is Professional Coaching?” as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Hence, this is a unique relationship. Why Does Life […]
Read articleWhy Life Coach? Why did you become a life coach? I get this question often. It is the rare person who really knows what a life coach does for a living. So my job begins by educating people as to the day in the life of a coach. Next, I tell them the difference between […]
Read articleWhat Is A Life Coach? What follows is a typical conversation in response to the opening question, “What is a Life Coach?†A Typical Conversation New Friend, we’ll call him Joe: “So Creed, what do you do for a living?†Creed, “I’m a Life Coach and Executive Mentor.†Joe: “What?†(whimsical look) “What is a […]
Read articleMaking a careful review of one’s past is the first step in the development of a Life Plan. The next step is to assess your current reality. The final step is to create a vision and strategy to achieve your dreams, which will be published in the next few weeks. Part Two: Assess Your Reality […]
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