Coaching Quote of the Day 20th September 2014
“To be willing is only half the task.”
(Armenian proverb)
“To be willing is only half the task.”
(Armenian proverb)
In today’s guest post Dr. Shauntel Peak-Jimenez shares on the topic of finding coaching clients or in this case:
When it comes to coaching clients you are either attracting them or rejecting them. When you are in the right place of attracting clients they come to you, but when you are not in the right place of attracting clients it can seem like an uphill battle, that doesn’t produce consistent results. In other words you are constantly using up a significant amount of energy chasing clients, instead of them chasing you. The thing about having a coaching business is you need clients to succeed. Now if you are in business not to generate income that is okay, but many coaches are in business to generate income, so if that is you then this article can be beneficial.
As a coach, I have faced the struggles of attracting clients. I felt like I was doing everything right, I would spend weeks if not even months on a product launch, only to receive less than exciting results. I would spend hours writing numerous articles, specifically to attract clients, lead free tele-seminars as an attempt to secure new clients, as well as promote new programs and products through social media. But even after doing all of those things, sadly no clients were on a mad hunt for me.
Then one day it all changed. I learned 3 critical client attracting secrets that were hidden. And the things that I learned were causing me to subconsciously repel clients. I want to share these 3 things with you, if you are a coach who is doing everything you know to do, but you still are not attracting the clients you desire and deserve.
I had to really get a clear picture of my purpose, and why I was here on earth. Sure, it seemed like I has a passion to help everyone do everything, but that was not my assignment. I had to really seek divine guidance to gain the understanding, and wisdom regarding who I was called to help. Now there are many, many groups of people here on earth. But finding out your assigned group can make all of the difference. When you get in alignment with your assignment, you are powerfully connecting with a group of people, that you have been designed to provide solutions for. This means that they have a persistent problem, and you have the powerful solution. So you are solving a specific problem, for a specific group of people.
From my perspective, when it comes to having your assignment revealed to you, it is extremely important to seek divine guidance, because it might be something that you are missing when you try to figure it out on your own, or when you try to seek the advice of others. Why not go directly to the source that created you for your assignment? When you ask your source for divine guidance and wisdom, it is like having an assignment GPS, that leads you directly to your assignment destination. The last thing you want to do is realize you have spent countless years of your life, out of alignment with your assignment. That is very frustrating… trust me, I know.
When it comes to attracting clients, how is your mindset? What are your subconscious thoughts? Are you subconsciously repelling clients, because you feel undeserving? Or because you are thinking you are not going to be able to attract the clients, you really want to work with? Or are your prices in some way speaking that you are not confident about your coaching skills, or your ability to produce results?
The way you think is extremely important when it comes to attracting clients. Whatever you think you will produce, this is a spiritual law. So that means that regardless of what you do, if your mindset isn’t on the pathway of receiving, then it is on the pathway of blocking. So you can be blocking the manifestation of your clients, because your thinking isn’t in alignment with what you want to receive.
Your CAM is extremely important to your ability to attract clients. The right mindset will produce the right results. Now this doesn’t mean you think positively about attracting clients once or twice, and you automatically see results. Now, that can possibly happen, but if it doesn’t don’t give up. Keep thinking the right thoughts until you see favorable results.
Doing what you are being divinely led to do is huge. It is not just about being in alignment with your assignment, and having the right mindset, but it is also about doing something. Listen closely to what you are being led to do to attract clients. Don’t do things out of desperation or simply because you see another coach doing something.
Also, anytime you feel divinely inspired, write that information down. Don’t just let divine inspiration pass you by. You might get the inspiration in a dream, or as you are waking up, or you might get it at another unexpected time. So keep a pen or pencil and a notebook handy, so you can capture all of the divine inspiration you are given. And don’t be scared to think out of the box or to take a leap of faith. When you are being divinely inspired there is just a “knowing” and peace on the inside, that confirms you are moving in the right direction.
Dr. Shauntel Peak-Jimenez is the founder of The Character and Self-Esteem (CASE) Institute, where she provides life coach training and certification, to purpose driven individuals, and The Women Coaches Prosperity Institute, where she provides education and inspiration to help women coaches prosper financially, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Shauntel is also the founder of the Thought Transformation Institute, providing opportunities for certified coaches, to become a Certified Thought Transformation Coach. The education and certification is for coaches who have a passion to inspire and empower clients, to let go of thinking that is holding them back, and embrace the right way of thinking that will fuel their success.
To find out about becoming a Certified Life Coach, please visit http://www.thecaseinstitute.com. To find out about education and inspiration for women coaches, please visit http://www.womencoachesprospering.com.
Article Source: 3 Ways You May Be Unknowingly Rejecting Coaching Clients
“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” (Saint Basil)
Each Thursday I share the most RT’d quote(s) from the blogs twitter account over the previous week. Last week the most RT’d tweet was:
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
(Martin Luther King)
Tweeted on 12th September
The next most popular quote to be RT’d was a tie between:
“Don’t wish that it was easier – wish you were tougher.”
(Jim Rohn)
Tweeted on 13th September
and
“Do I not destroy my enemy when I make him my friend?”
(Abraham Lincoln)
Tweeted on 14th September
Many thanks to everyone who shared the quotes above and the other quotes from last week. I know that there are various aspects that can influence if a quote attracts your attention – if you saw the tweet, personal style, if it speaks to something happening in your life at that moment etc.
(For those of you as geeky as I am and wondering what tool I’m using to measure individual RT’s this week I’ve been playing with www.twitonomy.com)
“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.”
(Richard Bach)
This week’s TED Talk clip is from an independent TEDx event:
Finding your Feet | Corine Hutton | TEDxGlasgow
Clip length: 14 mins 39 secs
Prefer to watch on TED.com? In that case you’ll need to click here.
“Educating the mind without educating the heart, is no education at all.”
(Aristotle)
“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.”
(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe)