The Kinetic Blog

January 20, 2014

The 4th Reason Why Coaches Fail at a Full-Time Career

Reason #4: Not Treating Your Practice Like a Business This series of blogs is designed to help coaches who feel trapped by the part-time coaching glass ceiling.  You may be one of these coaches.  You want a full-time practice but have not found a way to make it happen . . .  yet! Let’s take a […]

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January 15, 2014

The 3rd Reason Why Coaches Fail at a Full-Time Career

Reason #3: Coaching Doesn’t Feel Like Selling May I have your permission to be blunt?  Most aspiring full-time coaches stink at running a business.  And that’s because running a business requires selling yourself. In 2014 I am focusing some of my blogs on the kinds of topics that will help coaches who want to build thriving […]

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January 13, 2014

The 2nd Reason Why Coaches Fail at a Full-Time Career

Reason #2: Coaching Rates are Too Low Last time I discussed the salary parity illusion.  In short, coaches must get real about the sacrifices required to create full-time practices. This blog is about what our clients pay us once we make those sacrifices.  Frankly, many coaches do not charge adequately for coaching. I believe there […]

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December 31, 2013

A Coaching Success Story

Recently my very first Life Coach celebrated her birthday.  So I wrote to her to wish her the best day possible and to remind her how much she helped me to transform my life and my business. The purpose of our sessions back then was ostensibly to work on building my own coaching practice.  However, […]

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December 30, 2013

The 1st Reason Why Coaches Fail at a Full-Time Career

Reason #1: The Salary Parity Illusion Some of my favorite clients are coaches. They are discerning about themselves, open to experimentation, resistant to blaming others, believe in the power of setting and achieving goals, and most important, coaches are passionate about helping others create thriving businesses and flourishing lives. Ironically, the greatest challenge for coaches […]

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