How to Coach Yourself
In today´s episode of ‘Professional Success Podcast’ Sheila talks about and gives few easy steps to coach yourself. She mentions the reasons why you should become your own coach as well as advocates why hiring a coach is a fantastic investment in your personal and professional development.
Episode Highlights:
· Sheila started coaching business in 2011 and what she needed the most at that time was some coaching for herself. She ended-up in a messy situation but came out of it by accidentally coaching herself to where she is now.
· Think about what you are looking for, think about specific questions like what's the timeline of what I need, etc.
· Ask yourself a series of questions to ensure that you're on the right path and get very clear on what that goal is.
· One of the greatest gifts a coach can give you is that accountability partnership. They help you think about and identify your next steps.
· The final step is to show yourself some empathy; a great coach will deliver tough love, but with a huge dose of empathy.
3 Key Points:
1. Consider hiring a coach for your personal and professional development because coaching can move you forward, helping you jump over hurdles and achieve really big things. A great coach can help you achieve outcomes in many different domains in your life.
2. Think broadly, not to just limit yourself to the most obvious next step and finally, tap your energy. She says once you've identified all of your alternatives, just sit with them, imagine yourself walking towards each and make a note of which one gets you the most excited and inspired. That should be your first action.
3. Find other means of creating accountability for themselves, how can they make their action feel like they have to do it. She suggests a couple of strategies to consider scheduling it like determining what actions they need to take and what is the time line and book them as well as considering finding an accountability partner or a buddy.
Tweetable Quotes:
· “With discipline and practice and a little bit of a structure, you can often coach yourself out of some of these difficult times.” - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
· “So, a coach might ask you questions like what's important to you about that promotion; what does that job entail, what will that look like?” - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
· “Take yourself on a quick journey through this framework: define what your current reality is, be factual and objective.” - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
· “Do a little bit of outreach, find someone looking to create their own accountability partner up, keep each other on track, check in with each other maybe weekly or every other week.” - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
· “True coaching is delivered with kindness, and you need to show that kindness to yourself.” - Sheila Boysen–Rotelli
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