Do you need a Life Coach? What exactly is a Life Coach?

Would you like to enhance your performance and business opportunities, or simply achieve more in your life?

Are you unsure how to develop and utilize your skills, need help to solve a financial dilemma, resolve a problematic personal or work relationship, or achieve better work/life balance?

Maybe you are confused about the next step in your business direction, and want support from someone who can help you to identify opportunities and next steps.

Do you want to lose weight, stop smoking, improve motivation and self-confidence?

Do you want to achieve higher personal or professional goals?

There is much more you could achieve in your life with a Life Coach. A Life Coach is part personal consultant, part sounding board, part manager. Yes, manager. Someone to help you maintain direction, develop strategy, motivation, and goal setting. A coach is often the person, who encourages a professional to succeed, to hire, to fire, to fine-tune a sales pitch, to stretch, set higher goals, boost profits and make better decisions about everything from personnel to strategy. You might dream of expanding your business, but need help developing a business plan and strategies to put your plans into action. Business owners sometimes become disillusioned about being a business owneryet they have all the requisite skills and ability to be highly successful. A Life Coach can release your potential commercially, personally and emotionally.

Life Coaching is not another 'how to' course. It is a powerful and empowering relationship between two people that produces exceptional results.

"Why would I need a coach"? You might ask. You reason, I am successful. I am happy and my business is good or as good as I think it could be. That is precisely the reason that Tiger Woods or Pete Sampras needs a coach. Tiger Woods could say, "My golf game is good. I won the last tournament." However, his coach is one of the most important people in his life.

A coaching session is typically thirty minutes and rarely longer than an hour. Sessions are conducted face-to-face or via phone. Some coaches include brief email exchanges between formal sessions or follow-up. Many Life Coaches offer fee packages, which allow a discount for prepaid sessions.

Finding a qualified coach is a dilemma as the profession is relatively new and unlicensed. The following criteria are good guidelines.

Master's or Doctorate Degree - Many Life Coaches are trained in interpersonal skills, yet possess a unique blend of practical experience, financial skills and empathy. They will understand your personal and business challenges and help you to deal with them effectively.

Proven experience as a professional

Openness and flexibility to their approach at being 'your' coach.

Ability to be patient and push you to succeed simultaneously.