Published by Paul Bailey on 22 Sep 2008 at 10:22 am
Life Coaching
Are you thinking about getting a coach?
Have you been coached in the past?
Are you a coach and either self-coach or do you have your own coach?
I’d love to hear about your experiences and thoughts on coaching. As a life coach myself I tend to self-coach more often than not however when I have had the chance to be coached by someone else I’ve always come away feeling that I’ve discovered something new and exciting in myself and a renewed sense of direction. Breaking down the unmanageable into the achievable never ceases to amaze me. Coaching also gives you the chance to review and reflect what could have gone better but more importantly what did go well! All too often it’s easier to get wrapped up in the troubles that we have endured rather than celebrating the success and the achievements.
Let me know what are your experiences and results from coaching.
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Robert L. Keith, Ph.D. on 22 Sep 2008 at 15:21 pm #
Hello Paul — Thanks for your question. I am a coach. I am also being coached. I love coaching and I find that being coached is extremely helpful to me. I tend to be very goal-oriented and I am a shameless list-maker. I find that on my own, even using lists and plans, I can easily derail with all of the extraneous “stuff” coming at me. Most of us have far more coming at us than we are able to deal with. I think that what makes the coaching so much more useful than just doing it myself is that I have a relationship with my coach. He knows me and is deeply interested in me and my success. I have never met him. He lives about 300 miles away. However the coach/client relationship works because it is extraordinary. I have no other relationships like this. There are others with whom I share a close relationship, but the coaching relationship is ONLY coaching. There are no other facets to it, so it is pure in the sense that there are no other crossover domains that could influence it.
I look forward to seeing what others are writing.
Regards –
Robert L. Keith, Ph.D.
Activation Personal Life Coaching
http://robkeith.wordpress.com