Almost all of us can benefit from hiring a coach, provided we are prepared to make changes. Regardless of whether you hire a coach to help you with your career, your relationships, or your personal and spiritual development, here are some hints towards making the best use of your coach.

The Top 10 Ways To Make Best Use of A Personal Coach

1. Organize your thoughts before each call.
   
   
2. Be prepared to DO the actions on which you and your coach agree.
   
   
3. Understand that the coach cannot and should not "fix" you - you are responsible for yourself.
   
   
4. Be fully honest.
   Secrets will hold you back. Your coach is not your judge and will not judge you. He/She can coach you better if they know what's on your mind.
   
   
5. If you don't like something that is happening in your calls, say so.
   If you say what is bothering you, your coach will probably be able to fix it.
   
   
6. Recognize that progress comes one step at a time, and be prepared to work on isolating the next steps to be taken.
   The big picture is a useful guide, but it is not useful if it remains just a picture. To best use your coach, be prepared to take action so that your dreams can become reality.
   
   
7. Listen to what your coach says.
   Try to hear it without preconceptions and without overlaying it with the thought patterns that have held you back in the past.
   
   
8. Remember that a coach is not a therapist.
   If you need a therapist, then find one, or ask your coach for help in doing so.
   
   
9. Understand that as your coach works with you on your outer goals, you may need to make inner changes.
   The one is unlikely to occur without the other.
   
   
10. Be open to success, to wonderful changes in your life.
    Expect them. Require them. They will come.
    
    

    © 2002 by Thomas J. Leonard

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