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8 C.O.A.C.H.I.N.G. Mindset Success Strategies To Boost Your Success! 1

In today’s guest post Frederique Murphy, shares some of her expertise and thoughts around how to have a successful coaching business.
"8 C.O.A.C.H.I.N.G. Mindset Success Strategies To Boost Your Success!" A guest post  by Frederique Murphy

8 C.O.A.C.H.I.N.G. Mindset Success Strategies To Boost Your Success!

by Frederique Murphy

COACH… It is one of those words, isn’t it? Judging by the 577 million results obtained when keying the word in Google, it is something that’s definitely at the top of a lot of people’s minds!

So, how will YOU, as a coach, stand out from the crowd?

One answer. One word: MINDSET.

And, yes, MINDSET is also one of those BIG words!

I believe that your mindset drives every single thing that you do in life, and in the way that you lead yourself, your career, your business. We all have a mindset, the only difference (and, that is the one that makes the difference) is how strong and powerful yours is; your mindset is what sets you, as coaches, apart. It is THE factor that will determine how outstanding – or how average – your coaching business results are.

I know that you know that; but, what I also know is that as coaches we know these for our clients; we focus our energy and our strategies towards our clients, and it is common to forget to apply these to ourselves.

There are many mindset success strategies and I have selected 8 of them for you to focus on, using the word coaching as a mnemonic!

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Clarity, Be clear on what you want to achieve for yourself and your coaching business.

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Obstacles, Face and push through to overcome.

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Action, Take actions to move forward.

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Comfort, Step out and stretch to grow.

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Help, Ask for help.

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I as in you, Choose your attitude.

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Network, Surround yourself wisely.

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Get results, You are the key to your success, 100% responsible for your results.

Here you have them!

I’m sure that these look familiar or even too simple. BUT, do not disregard them because “they sound too easy”! These are powerful, and the power lies with you: ask yourself: do I apply this strategy daily, do I live by it, do I lead by it, and do I run my coaching business by it? You want to answer all 3 with a resounding YES for maximum impact.

These mindset strategies are powerful.

When you actually apply them, AND, when you do it consistently.

Which one of these will you apply today to boost your success? I’d love for you to share; this will be helpful for the other coaches. Comment below!

About Frederique Murphy

Frederique MurphyFrederique Murphy is a mindset strategist, who specialises in the areas of Inspirational Strategy, Leadership, Communication, Change, Impact, and Achievement. Thanks to her Mountain Moving Mindset platform, Frederique provides individuals, corporate executives, and entrepreneurs with a wealth of mindset resources to help them strategise with vision, design with clarity, plan with focus, and lead with momentum. She shares her M3 Power through her transformational range of innovative products, coaching services, #1 Amazon Best Seller book, award-winning blog, articles and newsletters, unforgettable talks and life-changing events. She believes in guiding her clients through unforgettable journeys towards their own true wealth as they become the true leaders of their life, career and business. For more information on Frederique’s transformational range, visit FrederiqueMurphy.com, join the free M3 Power Community, and start climbing now!


Coaches, how are you stretching your clients?

One of the “models” that a training department I used to work with was Comfort, Stretch and Panic Zones. If you have not come across that model it is usually explained using 3 circles, all with the same centre but increasing in size.

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The smallest circle is normally labelled your comfort zone. With this model you put things that are part of your every day life that you do naturally, possibly even without thinking about them. As the label suggests, it is the items that you are comfortable doing that “fit” into this section.

The middle ring is normally labelled your Stretch zone. This is where things that are not part of your everyday life and/or that you are not so comfortable doing fit. It’s things that stretch your skills, capabilities and perhaps even your attitude to carry out.

The outer ring is the panic zone. This is the area where it moves from just stretching your capabilities and moves into one of panic.

In a learning context you may have found that you are encouraged to work by moving into that state of stretch – one that challenges your abilities and away from comfort.

However, the approach with this model that I don’t hear mentioned as much is one that brings an activity into a client’s comfort zone. Or even one where they are comfortable “playing” with a new approach or capabilities.

Personally, I don’t think any approach is “right or wrong” in general. I do think that some approaches will be preferred, easier and work quicker for some individuals than others. Surely the important bit is the one that is used is one that works for the person using it 😉

In case anyone is reading this and thinking “but I’m a coach not a trainer” – For me this is a model about learning not training. It’s not outside the realm of possibility that a coaching client will turn to a coach for support with something that they feel is currently a stretch for them.

So the question I invite you to consider today is:

As a coach, how you are stretching your clients?