I recently came across this article that may be of interest for those of you who may be wondering if you should employ a Life Coach.
http://blog.readytomanage.com/what-is-a-life-coach-and-what-benefit-will-life-coaching-have-for-any-individual/
If you are still in doubt, e-mail me with your queries at info@coachingworx.co.za
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Wednesday, 19 March 2014
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Monday, 3 February 2014
Time to forgive yourself for giving up on your New Years Resolutions and get down to some real stuff - and it's FREE STUFF
Hopefully your 2014 is off to a great start and the outlook for the rest of your year is AWESOME!
But if not, try taking the questionnaire I have just posted under "FREE "DIY" Life Assessment.
But if not, try taking the questionnaire I have just posted under "FREE "DIY" Life Assessment.
Thursday, 12 December 2013
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Blowing ones own 'Trumpet'
Being brought up 'British' we were taught that it is 'terribly bad form' to 'blow ones own trumpet' and for years I believed this to be true.
Recently I started to question this belief asking myself, "Well if I don't, who will?" and "What constitutes 'blowing ones own trumpet'?"
The Phrase Finder defines it as, 'Act in a boastful, self promoting manner'.
At the beginning of this year I took a huge leap of faith. After 20 years in the décor industry I decided to follow my passion and set up a Coaching practice. Like any business today it required me to 'get the word out', advertise, market, self promote.... Ah! There it is ..... I had to 'self promote'!
Does that mean I have to 'blow my own trumpet'? Well yes it does rather. As a solo-entrepreneur have you ever tried to build a website or blog to promote you, your business and your achievements, that doesn't require you to 'self promote' and that doesn't sound boastful?
In olden days a trumpeter was used prior to a herald announcing news or a proclamation; possibly the earliest forms of advertising and marketing, a fore runner to blogging perhaps?
And talking of achievements, on Saturday morning I opened my e-mails to discover I had been awarded the designation of ACC (Associate Certified Coach) by the ICF (International Coach Federation - the world governing body of Coaches.) And whilst I enjoy the word 'awarded' a few others came to mind like; studied for, sweated over, practiced for, paid for and earned.
So in a 'word association' kind of way another word came to mind; celebrate. Which I did with good friends and a bottle or two of bubbles! It struck me that like blowing our own trumpet, if we don't celebrate our hard earned achievements, who will?
And finally I wondered; how many of my other beliefs or assumptions need to be questioned?
What beliefs or assumptions do you value that perhaps no longer serve you as well as they might have once? Please feel free to comment.
Recently I started to question this belief asking myself, "Well if I don't, who will?" and "What constitutes 'blowing ones own trumpet'?"
The Phrase Finder defines it as, 'Act in a boastful, self promoting manner'.
At the beginning of this year I took a huge leap of faith. After 20 years in the décor industry I decided to follow my passion and set up a Coaching practice. Like any business today it required me to 'get the word out', advertise, market, self promote.... Ah! There it is ..... I had to 'self promote'!
Does that mean I have to 'blow my own trumpet'? Well yes it does rather. As a solo-entrepreneur have you ever tried to build a website or blog to promote you, your business and your achievements, that doesn't require you to 'self promote' and that doesn't sound boastful?
In olden days a trumpeter was used prior to a herald announcing news or a proclamation; possibly the earliest forms of advertising and marketing, a fore runner to blogging perhaps?
And talking of achievements, on Saturday morning I opened my e-mails to discover I had been awarded the designation of ACC (Associate Certified Coach) by the ICF (International Coach Federation - the world governing body of Coaches.) And whilst I enjoy the word 'awarded' a few others came to mind like; studied for, sweated over, practiced for, paid for and earned.
So in a 'word association' kind of way another word came to mind; celebrate. Which I did with good friends and a bottle or two of bubbles! It struck me that like blowing our own trumpet, if we don't celebrate our hard earned achievements, who will?
And finally I wondered; how many of my other beliefs or assumptions need to be questioned?
What beliefs or assumptions do you value that perhaps no longer serve you as well as they might have once? Please feel free to comment.
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Creative Entrepreneurs and why I coach them/us!
Why I choose to work with Creative Entrepreneurs.
Skilful coaching requires the Coach to be able to Coach 'beyond content' as exampled by Timothy Gallwey in his book "The Inner Game OF Tennis". Here he sites the example of successfully using Skiing coaches at a Tennis camp because they knew nothing of tennis. The coaches were able to concentrate on coaching rather than getting bogged down by the intricacies of tennis.
Having said this, one of the key tenets of coaching is to be able to establish trust and intimacy with the client. We tend to gravitate towards people with whom we have things in common and in my case, it's creative entrepreneurs. Typical of me, I don't choose the easy route as outlined in this article on creative entrepreneurs, but it does go some way to explaining who we are and why we are like we are, and in my mind, why we need Coaches who understand us!
If you are a creative entrepreneur, you really need to click on this link below!
http://www.fastcompany.com/3016689/leadership-now/10-paradoxical-traits-of-creative-people
Skilful coaching requires the Coach to be able to Coach 'beyond content' as exampled by Timothy Gallwey in his book "The Inner Game OF Tennis". Here he sites the example of successfully using Skiing coaches at a Tennis camp because they knew nothing of tennis. The coaches were able to concentrate on coaching rather than getting bogged down by the intricacies of tennis.
Having said this, one of the key tenets of coaching is to be able to establish trust and intimacy with the client. We tend to gravitate towards people with whom we have things in common and in my case, it's creative entrepreneurs. Typical of me, I don't choose the easy route as outlined in this article on creative entrepreneurs, but it does go some way to explaining who we are and why we are like we are, and in my mind, why we need Coaches who understand us!
If you are a creative entrepreneur, you really need to click on this link below!
http://www.fastcompany.com/3016689/leadership-now/10-paradoxical-traits-of-creative-people
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