FAQs About Life Coaching
What does the term life coach mean?
This is coaching undertaken professionally by an individual who possess vast experience and qualifications in a specific field for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals who lack such experience and knowledge. There are usually particular goals, often quantitative goals, associated with any coaching activity and it can be used to develop innate talent and skills to enhance ones quality of life and professional experience.
How can I determine if I need a coach?
A coach can often tell if their experience can help a client improve their lives but to avoid unscrupulous and insincere individuals it is often better to have your own set of expectations that you hope to achieve through coaching. Coaching is often necessary in situations where theoretical understanding alone is insufficient to claim knowledge of the subject matter. In the context of life coaching, a coach can foster wisdom in helping you achieve your desired goals and help you understand the patterns that suit your lifestyle best based on your goals.
What are the advantages of being coached by someone experienced?
– With outlined expectations and goals, coaching can help you base your decisions on strict and well defined rules that produce the most effective results.
– Coaching also improves ones capabilities of independent thought and interpersonal skills.
– Coaching helps one accept their level of competence in light of the skills which will be developed in due time. This bolsters an individuals self confidence and gives them a positive outlook towards life and a new appreciation towards being a learner
– Self satisfaction for achieving ones own defined goals through coaching
The coaching industry has grown unprecedentedly, why is this?
It is true that coaching has grown in the business world as well, but this can be attributed to the need to lower costs of hiring very experience individuals. It costs less to pay such an individual to train in-house employees than to have the experience individual on a payroll permanently. Coaching has also developed as people recognize the need for professional assistance to accomplish their goals; in early years a lot of people felt that they would lose the inner conviction and satisfaction of accomplishing their goals on their own, this is not the case and has been a deterring misconception about expert coaches. Coaches are there to guide you and not to accomplish your goals for you; the understanding of this important fact has also played an active role in growing the industry.
