Do you need a coach? Bill Gates says, “Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.”
At the end of this article, you can look at four things a coach provides and know if you could use one.
First, a coach provides accountability.
Most people need accountability to keep going and reach their goal. They can easily deceive themselves and make excuses.
As a professional speaker, I made progress when I met on a regular basis with an individual coach and worked on specific presentation skills for events. He held me accountable for weekly assignments. Whether in person or online, I knew I would face him.
On my own, I could have easily deceived myself and made excuses.
What about you? You may know what to do, but do you follow through on your own?
Second, he/she saves you money.
Years ago, I hired a business coach. She told me step by step the things I needed to do to start a speaking and writing business. I welcomed her recommended resources.
She was right each step of the way and saved me a significant amount of money.
A coach saves you money. Share on XOn the other hand, a friend of mine opened a business on her own. She made progress through trial and error and in the end spent more money than I did. Looking back on her shaky start, she said, “I wish I had hired your business coach. I could have saved myself a lot of money.”
Would you like to save money in the long run?
Third, a coach saves you time.
My writing coach offered three-day intensive mentoring clinics, editing sessions, and an all-day event on How to Write a Non-fiction Book Proposal. I attended the intensive mentoring clinics three times, went through countless editing sessions, and attended one all-day event on the book proposal.
Without a background in how to write, edit, and do a book proposal, I would have wasted hours of my time, faced many rejections, and not known how to correct my mistakes.
A coach saves you time. Share on XMy writing coach also recommended the best books. Without his expert advice, I would have wasted more time in bookstores and online in search of the most helpful books.
Writers conferences pop up all over the country and overseas. Thanks to him, I knew which ones were in the top five.
How will you save time?
Fourth, he/she helps you experience success.
At my first engagement after working with a speaking coach one-on-one, I received a standing ovation. The event planner and the audience gave me favorable endorsements.
I entered an international speakers competition and won “Most Heartfelt Presentation.” That made me an international award-winning speaker. Event planners and other adults from millennials to seniors voted by secret ballot. My coach said several times, “I’m so proud of you.”
A coach helps you experience success. Share on XAt the present, I have one traditionally published book and three independently published books. I blog on three distinguished blogs and am working on two book proposals for books #5-6.
Imagine how you would feel if you experienced success.
Conclusion and Next Step
To wrap up, a coach provides accountability, saves you money, saves you time, and helps you experience success
If you know a family member, friend, or coworker who can’t decide whether to hire one, please share this article with that person.
For further information, read
https://www.lifecoach-directory.org.uk/lifecoach-articles/10-reasons-why-you-need-to-hire-a-coach
https://www.YvonneOrtega.com/coaching/
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