I am a coach.
If I am going to ask other people to invest and commit to themselves, and co-create a powerful relationship of service with me as their coach; then I want to be receiving coaching and having a high level of commitment to myself.
Why?
Because I am being a living breathing example, to my clients, of what it means to receive coaching, and to live the learnings.
Receiving coaching is a critical part of my coaching business, in my opinion.
The deeper and more willing I am to be vulnerable and open to my own personal transformation, the deeper the transformation is for my clients.
This is why I want to always have a coach.
*Here’s my journey of how I found the right business coach for me, and what I wish I understood before I began investing in coaching*
I had been through the approach of trying to niche and market myself.
I was exhausted by it. I wasn’t coaching. I hated it.
I came across The Prosperous Coach approach and I realised that the approach of slowing down to demonstrate coaching to people was something that deeply resonated with me. This was a different method to the ones my previous coaches had been using. Not wrong, just different.
I started coaching more in alignment with Steve Chandler Coaching Prosperity School and came across a business coach Sachin Sharma who was successfully creating his business in the same way.
I never appreciated then, that it is absolutely crucial to hire a business coach that is creating their business in the same way that you want to.
Aligning to a business coach isn’t just about if you like their vibe or have a good first chemistry call with them.
For me, here’s what’s key:
1) Are they creating their business in the same way you want to create yours?
2) What is their client creation process?
3) Do they coach from your first interaction with them?
4) How much time will they spend with you before they ask you to pay?
5) What does service mean to them?
6) Have they demonstrated this for you?
Before I paid my current business coach, he spent significant time with me. We spent at least 6 hours together coaching deeply on who I’m choosing to be and what I want to create in the world. He served me powerfully at a level of engagement I had never experienced before, so I already knew the coaching would be powerful if I invested.
He showed me that I could be more powerful in my own coaching. I could serve at a way deeper level than I currently was.
Although I was scared to pay him because it was a large investment, the fear was different to when I invested before.
In the past, when hiring coaches I used to ask: will it work? Is this coach going to be able to help me? Am I going to get the results I’m setting out for?
This time, the fear was different.
It wasn’t about if the coaching would be effective.
I knew the coaching was powerful because I had experienced it. It had already impacted me and changed things in my life.
The questions I had were all about me:
‘Am I ready to show up?’
‘Am I willing to be wrong about everything I think I know, so I can be open to the possibilities of what I can create?’
‘Can I deeply commit to myself to get the most out of the coaching?’
These questions scared the living daylights out of me.
But something was different.
I was no longer investing in a concept but instead, in a deep experience of something that was already changing my life.
I decided to commit, completely and utterly to making coaching my highest priority.
What I learned was that my commitment to coaching was in fact my commitment to the relationship that I have with myself.
It meant making ME the highest priority.
*What has happened since I committed to myself at the highest level?*
In my business, I dropped everything and focused on 1:1 coaching. I filled my diary with coaching calls only, no discovery or chemistry calls.
I got into service in a massive way, and have started to see life through the lens of abundance and not scarcity.
I removed all limitations on serving my clients, by serving them inside and outside of session time, because I deeply see that the relationship we have IS the foundation of the coaching.
I realised that service is not something I can run out of. I can’t one day wake up and be in a service drought. I am living breathing service, so I can give service freely and with abundance…always.
Without the limitation that scarcity brings, I have coached more people than I can even remember.
I am deeply enjoying the work I am creating in the world and who I am choosing to be.
I have cultivated a relationship of deep love with myself, and if I never create another penny as a coach, or sign another client, I’d be ok with that. Seeing the world without limitation is worth at least 100x my original investment.
I have created more income than my original investment. And as long as I stay in service, it would be impossible to not create more.
I am being completely and unapologetically ME in the world, for the first time ever.
I wanted a referral / word of mouth business and I am getting more referrals than I’ve ever had.
I have become an infinitely better coach. I change week to week because I’m open to continual learning and growth from receiving coaching, reading, watching and attending webinars, and most importantly, taking action based on those learnings.
The change in me and subsequent action, has increased my impact and income.
Investing in my commitment to myself is a critical piece of creating a coaching business.
Without it, my coaching business and life wouldn’t be the same, not even close.
Coaching is not a concept. It is a deep powerful life changing experience.
When you experience it, you can choose if you want it in your life, but you don’t have to invest in a concept 🙂
If you got an insight while reading this, please share it in the comments so we can all benefit from each others learnings.
Love
Rajni 💛💛💛
