I hope you’re having a great week and progressing steadily toward the achievement of some of your most important goals. My recent message on “Secrets of the Success Superstars” generated a number of email responses and questions wanting to know more about what coaching really is and what it can actually do for you. Realizing a good understanding of that is not something that should be “assumed” or taken for granted, I thank those who asked and offer my response below. Most folks, both clients and non-clients, have found my description more detailed and more specific – as well as more enlightening – than most explanations they’ve received. I hope you do as well and invite you to share your thoughts or comments below. And if you have a very specific or personal question, please feel free to contact me.
As an Executive, Business Owner, or High Performance Professional – who knows better than you that nobody should be “going it alone” if they really want to be successful? While it is possible for success to be driven by the vision and passion of one person, it is not a journey that one makes by themselves. Successful people across a broad range of professions use coaches to help them play at the top of their game – and to play a bigger game. Top athletes, actors, singers, business executives, entrepreneurs, authors, technology innovators, and political leaders, among others – who are seriously successful, or serious about becoming successful – use coaches to develop and maintain the competitive edge that keeps them at the top of their game.
Top performers, and those who strive to be, understand it’s nearly impossible for one person alone to see or think “outside the box” into which they have blindly “thunk” themselves. They recognize the power of synergy, and thrive on the increased ability to leverage their time, talents and resources that can result from a dedicated and focused coaching relationship. Both they and their businesses grow much more rapidly as a function of Continue reading
