A Business Coach stops to take a closer look

Stopping to Take a Closer Look

Since my last post, you may have been wondering what, exactly, a business coach does that you can’t do for yourself. Let me answer that by asking YOU a question—How are you at looking at everything you have to do, and starting with (and completing) priority #1?

Unfortunately, for most of us in the business world, the things we tend to stop doing are those that give us the best quality of life. (How are your work–out, family time and time-to-recharge-your-batteries habits?) We think that if, in the short term, we give up time with our families/friends/fitness programs we'll eventually earn enough money to take time off to enjoy those same things!

And hang on a sec - I’m as guilty as anyone, but I do have someone who holds me accountable and I’m better than I was…..

Think for a minute about what Brian Tracy, author of Focal Point, has to say about how we spend our time, “Most people are trapped in an old paradigm where they believe that the only way that they can increase their incomes is by either increasing the amount of work they do or by increasing the number of hours that they work, or both.”

This is the “work harder” way of doing things

If it raises your blood pressure just thinking of the things you’ve sacrificed to earn more money, maybe it’s time to talk to a business coach. They’re going to ask insightful questions to help evaluate your time, such as “"Knowing what you now know, would you do the same things, the same way? That’s what Brian Tracy calls “Zero Based Thinking.”

Taking a focused look at your days with the help of a business coaching professional can change every aspect of your life. The Focal Point system actually contains a ‘Double Double’ promise—that if you’ll apply the program’s principles to your life, you’ll double your income and double your time off.

If you don’t think that’s possible, you may still be trapped in the Industrial Age notion of “hours equal income” rather than “working smart pays off.” And that’s a whole different world to step into.

If you can look forward and imagine that there really is a way for you to change your thinking and change your life , the next part is knowing what to do when to make it happen. That’s where a professional, certified business coach may come in.

This is the “work smarter” way of doing things.

In the meantime, look at your days, measure your satisfaction level, and in our next blog post, I think we’ll talk about how to take responsibility for changing your life.

Steve Thompson
President,
FocalPoint Coaching, powered by Brian Tracy


Think you might want to become a business coach? Here’s a great website with information about Brian Tracy s FocalPoint Business Coaching.( just click here) It’s his very own top-notch business coach training program!