Coaching is all about finding out exactly what your desires are and the coach should team up with you at least once every week in order to help you with your current problems and add momentum and focus until you achieve all your goals you have set for yourself during the first coaching sessions.

Here are a few distinctions between coaching and other practices in order to understand what coaching is and what coaching isn’t:

Coaching versus therapy

Coaching gives best results for the ones who are already successful and have dealt with their issues from the past so they are ready to reach a new level in their career, projects or life. The coach is a person who is action-oriented and always asks his clients what they are ready to do, when are they planning to achieve it and how will they actually get it done.  The coach holds their clients accountable. Deep empathetic listening is important to both therapy and coaching but they differ quite a lot.

Coaching versus consulting

All coaches can be called consultants but not every consultant can be called a coach. Coaches sometimes provide advice for their clients but in most cases, they challenge them to develop as people and draw out their own internal wisdom. The coach believes that the client has the answer so they will not give it but can only give advice in order to help the client find the answer on their own.

Coaching versus motivational seminars and other similar practices

Coaches are inspired and motivated people but the coach is not the one who is going to outsource your motivation. The coach will help you develop into a naturally motivated and passionate person pulled forward by a deeply fulfilling and exciting life. A coach should cheer you on like no other person and the work with a coach provides motivation to most clients. Seminars can be very good to give you a jump start but coaching is more like a tailored and permanent way to find the energy within you and sustain it in order to fulfill all of your desires.

Coaching versus your boss, best friend or spouse

Coaches tend to be impartial and will risk their relationship with you in order to tell you the exact truth. A trusted friend can make a very good listener or advisor but they are not going to be totally honest with you because this might jeopardize the relationship in a certain way. A coach is a trained professional and they can listen to the things that have not been said while other relationships are not that focused on you. The coach is also not your boss so you do not need to impress them in any way. You only need to be honest with the coach and try to inspire him with the truth of your feelings, your personality and your goals for your life. You will not get judged and will not feel that you are not good enough in any way.

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