“It changed my life!” This is the phrase one is bound to hear when listening to commercials, or infomercials. This implies a fundamental shift in one’s life. “I used to live in a cardboard box, but now I live in a mansion, thanks to Honest John’s real estate program”. OK. Fine and good. A massive change in one’s life is all well and good. Marriage can do that. Or birth of a child. Or a successful surgery. But today I want to talk about changes that are very real, and can be seen, and felt daily. Change one day, then another day, and pretty soon you have a new trajectory, vector in your life. So below are some ways a great professional coach and change your life at a daily scale.
Author: Brian Kail, MBA, CPC is professional Career, and Business Coach. For more information see AsscendProCoach.com
- You wake up with focus. Now most of us working people do have motivators to get us out of bed in the morning. Get the kids to school. Not be late into the offices. Drop off hubby to their job. But these motivators are to support other people, and organizations. A good coach will help identify a personal vision, then break this vision down into a workable plan. So this is the coaching impact; to clarify task, and action steps that get you closer to your individual goals. You wake up knowing what you need to do, and why. The daily plan is to take actions that bring you closer to delivering your personal goals.
- You are more organized. Once your vision, goals, and action steps are clear, you suddenly have a new structure to your life. You have new focus in your life. A good coach will also have useful tools that they can show you that will help keep you, and your action steps, or tasks on track.
- You generally feel better. A coach is on your side. They are working for you. And maybe most importantly, they listen to you. They listen to your dreams, your setbacks, your wins, your road blocks, and a whole bunch of other stuff. With a coach you suddenly have a reliable confident that will not judge you. With a good coach in place you start feeling calmer. More at peace, and yet at the same time more motivated. Your wins are magnified, and your blocks are minimized. After working with a good coach for even a short length of time you start feeling better about your life, and about you.
- You reinforce yourself daily. Daily affirmations can be a powerful tool for many to keep themselves motivated, more at peace, and focused on their goals. Many good coaches recognize this power, and prescribe this method to clients that are respective, and respond to affirmations. There are dozens of good books full of affirmations; a great coach will work with the client to create affirmations that are most powerful, and effective for their client.
- Lists are your friend. When working with a good coach you will find that instead of having random thoughts swirling around your head, you write things down. You tame your mind, and get it, and your life organized. One very effective tool that nearly all coaches use, and encourage is creating a lists. These lists can be goals, action steps, tasks, or even affirmations. Using lists daily brings more order into your life. Thoughts are no longer scattered; you have a method in place to give order to your thoughts, actions, and feelings.
- Your calendar is also your friend. When you have your action steps clear, the next steps are usually to assign a deadline, or due date to the action steps, or tasks. One of the best features of electronic calendars are reminders. A coach will help you leverage an electronic calendar to help you keep your deliverables on track, and on time. Reminders are flexible. So you can set a reminder for a major deliverable a month in advance, or a week in advance to the final delivery date. Use of reminders keep deliverables in your mind, and this minimizes unpleasant surprises. A good use of calendar is review of the day, the week, and the month. Do every day, and you will find you meet more deadlines, and feel more control in your life.
- You have a better sense of meaning. With goals clear, and a workable on plan, you understand better the meaning of your life. Your actions have a purpose. Your actions drive you closer to your life, and career goals. When you see your energy, actions, and work have purpose, then you begin to see your life has purpose. You are grounded, and have a clear sense of focus, and direction. You know, and feel this most every day.
Author: Brian Kail, MBA, CPC is professional Career, and Business Coach. For more information see AsscendProCoach.com
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