How to Know When You're Ready to Start
The Future Coach: How to Succeed As A Life Coach Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

How to Know When You're Ready to Start

B1IntermediateOctober 7, 20269 min
  • One speaker
  • Relationships & psychology

When I quit running a think tank to become an internet life coach, I did not feel ready. I had spent a decade building a legal career, I had just gotten certified as a coach, and I did not even balance my own checkbook. My friend Brenda Lomeli and I later coined a term for what that transition felt like: barf club, the experience of being nauseous about taking action and doing it anyway. If you are waiting to feel ready before you become a coach, invest in your business, or make any real pivot...

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There's one sentence I hear the most often from people who want to be coaches or start any new project or venture and are not getting moving on it. I don't feel ready yet. Or the sneaky cousin, I'm preparing by doing this or that,

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and then I'll feel more ready. Both of these assume that ready is a feeling that will arrive when the time and circumstances are right. This is a huge mistake that can derail your dreams and hold you back in life.

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So today I want to get into what we mean when we talk about feeling ready or not feeling ready and how to think about starting something new differently. Welcome to The Future Coach, the podcast for independent coaches, in-house coaches, and the coach curious. I'm your host, Carla Lohanthael, founder of the Socratic Coaching

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