Have you ever hired a life coach?


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harnomygirl is offline harnomygirl Post #1  July 25,2011, 12:19pm
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  • Was it, or is it, a rewarding and effective experience?
  • Did you have specific goals in mind before seeing your coach or did your coach help to develop them?
  • Would you recommend seeing a life coach to someone else or not? Why?
 
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HarmonyGirl, I had a friend who hired a respected life coach. Following their guidance, they left a high-paying financial career for a few years, felt enlightened, met several gurus (at high costs) and met several famous people. As their savings ran out they had to part ways with the life coach, and eventually they returned to a high-paying job. ::shrug:: I enjoyed his tales and letters from famous people.

I'm sure not every life coach is the same, but I've never had an urge to follow in his footsteps and hire one. I do sometimes try to follow the path and advice of others who have accomplished similar things to that which I want to accomplish. That's only logical. Especially when they have no incentive to string me along or deceive me.
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HarmonyGirl, I had a friend who hired a respected life coach. Following their guidance, they left a high-paying financial career for a few years, felt enlightened, met several gurus (at high costs) and met several famous people. As their savings ran out they had to part ways with the life coach, and eventually they returned to a high-paying job. ::shrug:: I enjoyed his tales and letters from famous people.

I'm sure not every life coach is the same, but I've never had an urge to follow in his footsteps and hire one. I do sometimes try to follow the path and advice of others who have accomplished similar things to that which I want to accomplish. That's only logical. Especially when they have no incentive to string me along or deceive me.
Thank you. That is the sort of thing I was worried about.
 
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I have never hired a life coach, but I have a life mentor and best friend who is, or is taking advice himself from someone else who is, in life where I want to be. Too many people live life backwards. They decide what it is they are going to DO (usually spending less time than most men spend picking out a nice tie). Then they go to school to LEARN how to do that thing very well. Finally, they DEFINE their life based on the results of their chosen path.

The successful in every walk of life do just the opposite. They DEFINE what they want in every aspect of their lives. Then they LEARN from someone who has what they want. And then, they DO what that other person did. Be careful who you take your advice from, you may end up like them.
 
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It looks like the trick is finding someone who is where you'd like to be. That isn't very easy.
 
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harnomygirl wrote :
It looks like the trick is finding someone who is where you'd like to be. That isn't very easy.
And if you look at it that way, it may be more than one person? The person who is where I want to be career-wise is probably not going to be the same as the person who is where I want to be relationship-wise. Maybe a - coaching team? Mentoring group?
 
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A friend of my girlfriend is a therapist and life coach who likes to tout her advanced degree. If you knew her, you'd agree that she'd have better use for it if she used it for toilet paper. So, in my opinion, as tainted as it is, if I need any dime store advice, I'll read up on Christian Carter.
 
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Anyone can call themselves a life coach. Better to get an ebook or whatever from one than sign up for a "transformational retreat." Remember that guy who was in the news because he went and accidentally killed a bunch of his followers in a sweat lodge? I'm pretty sure that guy was a life coach or something similar, with zero formal qualifications.
 
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tweet37 wrote :
A friend of my girlfriend is a therapist and life coach who likes to tout her advanced degree. If you knew her, you'd agree that she'd have better use for it if she used it for toilet paper. So, in my opinion, as tainted as it is, if I need any dime store advice, I'll read up on Christian Carter.
I am often sarcastic about the value of advice, but at one point or another, everyone needs some. I did meet one non-famous life coach and I wasn't impressed, but I don't know what she's like in a professional setting. That's why I asked if anyone here had ever worked with one.
 
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HelenDanger wrote :
Anyone can call themselves a life coach. Better to get an ebook or whatever from one than sign up for a "transformational retreat." Remember that guy who was in the news because he went and accidentally killed a bunch of his followers in a sweat lodge? I'm pretty sure that guy was a life coach or something similar, with zero formal qualifications.
I agree. An ebook would have been a safer
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