| There are many things that you need to consider | | | | Life coaching is a profession. You may be excellent |
| when deciding to start your own coaching or consulting | | | | and experienced at what you do now, and you may |
| business, from education to business plans to | | | | help and motivate people around you really well, you |
| marketing. Here are a things you will need to consider. | | | | may have a lot of life experience, or read a lot of self |
| 1. You Have To Love Coaching. | | | | help books but coaching is not something that only has |
| Your clients will know, when your heart is not in it and | | | | to come natural, you have to be properly educated. |
| you won't be in top form to help your client in the best | | | | For the same reason that we send naturally skilled |
| way. Besides how can you advise your client to be | | | | teachers - whom surely can write and count - to |
| the best they can be and do what they love, if you | | | | college to learn how to be an elementary school |
| are not? | | | | teacher. |
| 2. Do You Want To Own Your Own Business? | | | | 4. Be Professional. |
| Coaching may be the thing for you, but is starting and | | | | Looks do matter. A nice brochure, website, business |
| owning your own business? Your life will not just be | | | | card, and letter head go a long way. For a coach it is |
| coaching but you have to run a business as well. This | | | | doubly important that your clients know you have what |
| means spending a lot of time acquiring clients, keeping | | | | it takes to coach them. A way to achieve this is to |
| books, managing the office and of course risk etc. | | | | make sure your approach looks professional, your first |
| Initially, you will probably be doing all these tasks until | | | | meeting must look, feel, and sound like you are a |
| you earn enough so that you can outsource them. | | | | professional. |
| 3. Get Qualified. | | | | |