How to Choose a Career Coach (and WHAT to look for when having a coach)

Today I'm really excited to talk to you about 6 things to look for when hiring a career coach or a coach of any kind, and I'm going to talk to you about the value of having a coach, so stay tuned. So what is a coach? For those of you who are not sure on this, a coach works with their clients to help them achieve a specific goal or result. A coach will help you overcome obstacles and make the changes or shifts that you need to so that you can get where you want to in your life. A coach will work with you to fully believe that you have the ability to create what you want in your life. And a coach doesn't counsel you, so they don't go into the past and they don't analyze anything that happened before or what's wrong with you or anything like that. A coach is moving forward. Basically, a coach gets you moving forward and keeps you moving forward. So they keep you in massive action. And massive action is thinking the thoughts you need to, to do the things you need to do to get the results you want. What you should consider if you are thinking about hiring a coach or if you think you need a coach, these are the things to think about. So the biggest thing that a coach is gonna do is they're gonna stop you from slowing down or quitting when you want to slow down or quit because of maybe a setback or an obstacle or whatever happens. The coach is gonna be there to make sure that you are moving forward and keeping focused on where you need to be in order to still get the result that you want. So most of us are going to slow down. We're going to quit for a little while, then we're going to come back to it. And each time we do this, it's going to slow everyone down. So that's what happens. Like, people will go back into their old thought patterns, their old belief systems, and then they end up not doing anything, or they just end up like trying and failing, trying and failing. Sometimes I'll describe it as a bumblebee with his head— like, you know how a bumblebee is trying to get out the window and they're just banging their head against the window and they can't get out when they don't know that there's like an opening in the window a little farther down and they could just fly through it. So if you feel like that, a coach will help you get moving forward, feel good while you're moving forward, allow you to see what it is that you need to be doing, make those mental shifts so that you can actually get to where you're going. Basically, a coach is there to make you stay focused, so keep you on track, get you to stay focused, and lose no time heading in the direction that you want to be headed in. A good coach is going to help you to see how you're holding yourself So they're going to show you how you're getting in your own way by showing you your thoughts, what you're thinking, how your thoughts are creating what you're getting right now in your life, what's working and what's not working. And they're going to help to show you what's holding you back. So if right now you haven't been able to move from where you are to where you want to be, it's because of the thinking that you've been having. So you have likely been thinking the same thoughts over and over and over, and you've been getting the same results, because if you hadn't been, you'd be getting different results. Do you see what I mean? So a coach helps you to shift those thoughts. They basically show you what's going on in your mind so that you can change it to get on the right track. A coach helps you to shift your thinking in a way that propels you forward every week. So imagine having that kind of support for several months or a year. Imagine what you could accomplish. A coach gives you clarity. So when you work with a coach, you can bring any questions or things that you're unsure about to the coaching session, and by the end you're feeling clear and concise and on track. You know how you need to think about it and you know what you need to do. So this is priceless because a lot of us stay in inaction due to overthinking. A lot of us will be like, well, I don't know what to do. I don't know what the right thing is. I don't know how to do this. So a coach will help you to see the clear path forward. The value of having clarity each week is amazing in what it does for your results and how it speeds up what you're able to do and how you're able to move forward. A coach keeps you in what I call massive action, and massive action is where you're doing the steps you need to be doing daily to get the results. So big results are an accumulation of a whole bunch of things done day to day on a daily basis. So it's an accumulation of things that work and things that don't work, and it's just like going to the gym. It's like if you went to the gym one time, you're not gonna get results right away and you're not gonna get the result you want, right? It's something that you need to do consistently on a daily or weekly basis at the very least in order to start seeing those cumulative results. And so basically having a coach is like going to the gym for your brain, right? And then you will start to see the results after doing this reconditioning of your mind, getting yourself to think differently and getting yourself to be on a different path with showing you how you're thinking and how your thinking is getting you the result. So how you're thinking now is getting you a result in your life right now. And if you don't like that result, then you need to change your thinking in order to get a different result. And that is exactly what a coach helps you to achieve. So if your mind gets off track, this is exactly what a coach does is reel you back in and get you on the right path. A coach helps you to practice constraint and to focus on the things that are going to get you to where you want to go. And last but not least, having a coach is fun. It's fun to have someone you can come to bounce ideas off, ask about specific situations, and reflect on what's happened in your life and how you need to proceed in the best manner. And it's really something that we don't really talk about, but it's fun to have somebody who's helping you, like someone who's 100% committed with you to get you the results that you want to get is really an amazing thing. And the reason that I can say all this is because I have a coach, and it's worth everything because she keeps me on track when I don't want to do something or when I don't feel like moving forward. She helps me to think in the way that will get me to where I want to go and do the actions that I need to do. As soon as I got a coach, I started moving forward So much faster. And that is why I speak so strongly about this and so passionately about this. And I would have never had a coach if she hadn't explained to me how it works. So I wanted to explain to you because I feel like there's not a lot of clarity around what a coach does, the benefits of having a coach, why someone would hire a coach. So I hope that that explains in this video and also the things that you need to look for if you're thinking about hiring a coach. And if you decide to, Then I hope that you're a lot more clear on what it is that you need to be focusing on and be clear in making your decision. So thank you so much for watching. If you liked the video, give me a thumbs up, subscribe to the channel. If you're interested in working with me as your coach, you can click the link below and sign up for a free call with me. We'll go through what's holding you back now, what you want to be doing, where you are now, and how I can potentially help you to get there. If you're interested in that, click the link below and let's chat. Otherwise, you can find me on my website at www.nataliefisher.ca where you can find a lot more free resources from me and my blog, and I will see you next week. Thank you. Bye.