There are so many reasons you might want to work with a business coach in your animal, equine or pet-based business. Business coaches can be an incredible resource when you have a problem or a project you want to manage, but there are a few big things you need to consider prior to hiring a business coach. Join Cara and Kim as they discuss a few very important steps you should take before, during and after deciding to hire a business coach.

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Welcome to The Business Animal podcast. Saddle up for a

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gallop to the top of the animal industry. Where you'll learn how

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to tame your wild business beast with tips, techniques, and tools

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that will take overwhelm to obedience school, and have you

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wagging your tail with joy. And now your hosts Kim Beer and Cara

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Taylor Swift.

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Hey there business animals. It's Kim with

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Be More Business

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and Cara with Fast Horse photography. Hey,

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Kim.

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Hey, Cara. Long time no see.

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I know. Before we get started, we need

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to announce our new podcast to everyone out there. I'm not sure

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that folks know yet. Do you want to say a little something about

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our new adventure? Absolutely.

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I got to tell you, we recorded an episode this

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morning we recorded episode two, which I think by the time this

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one drops will either be out or coming out very shortly. And let

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me tell you it was a blast to sit with my friends, Phyllis and

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Cara and talk about our adventures. We have a lot of fun

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adventures in life. And we do like to share them. This is a

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podcast where there's a nice technical learning piece of it.

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There's some inspiration, and also some behind the scenes

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tomfoolery. That happens so please join us over at Cowgirls

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with Cameras. And be sure to have an open mind for having

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some laughter in your life. We hope you enjoy some of the

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antics we get into. If nothing else, you can get tickled at the

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fact we get tickled at ourselves. So...

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That's right.

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Yeah, definitely join us for Cowgirls with

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Cameras. It is a twice a month podcast versus a weekly one. So

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I just want to give you the heads up on that.

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Awesome. So Kim, what are we talking about

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today on The Business Animal podcast,

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We are talking about business coaches today on

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The Business Animal podcast. So I know that there are once

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people out there, see if you see if you resonate with this, you

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look around your business, and you think I could do this so

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much better, there are things that I want to do that I just

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don't seem to have time for or that aren't aren't coming easily

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to me. There are other parts of my business that feel like

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they're a real challenge. And you would I would like to figure

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out how to solve that challenge. So it's not so challenging.

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There are parts of my business that I really have maybe an

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attitude about that are a little bit stressful. And and I'm

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getting a little upset with I mean, if you answer yes, if you

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have frustrations or challenges or high end goals that you want

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to reach like you've set the dollar figure that you want to

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attain for the year and it's still fairly early in the year.

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So we haven't all dashed our hopes for that yet. If you want

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to attain that dollar figure that you want to get to or

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exceed it, then there are people that can help you. And you may

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have even toyed with the idea of hiring a business coach or

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hiring a business consultants, coaches and consultants are kind

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of two different things. Consultants are people who will

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help you with a strategy. And they can tell you what to do,

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they definitely give you advice, whereas a coach is going to help

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you attain your goal. In other words, they hold you

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accountable, they offer you avenues to remove the barriers

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that are stopping you from achieving whatever goal it is

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that consultant can help you with. Today, we're going to be

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talking about that second batch of people, the coaches. Who are

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behind you to help you achieve whatever it is that you set out

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to do, whether it's to solve a problem, clear up a frustration,

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or attain a specific goal in your business. So there's a lot

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of reasons that you might want to hire one of these people.

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Don't you agree, Cara?

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Absolutely, the two big reasons for me that

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I would consider hiring a business coach would be if I

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have a problem or a project that I need to get through. And I

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need some support for that, and maybe some guidance, but also if

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I've got a measurable goal, and I want to know that I want to

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reach something that I'm working towards, and I it's got to be

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something measurable that they can work with me on so that I

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can see the end results.

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Absolutely. There are some steps if you've been

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considering this or if you have hired a business coach and maybe

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didn't have the best experience. There are some things that we

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have as suggestions that will help you walk this path a little

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bit easier and find the right coach for you. And then

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definitely set your relationship in that coaching relationship up

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for success. So our big three for this episode are first of

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all to do your homework before you hire the coach. So we're

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going to talk a little bit about some ideas that You can look at

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and a couple of red flags that might pop up that will tell you

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that maybe this is not the coach for you, as well as green flags

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that would pop up that say this is the coach for you. The second

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of the big three is to get super clear about the scope of the

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coaching, like it needs to have parameters, it needs to have

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bumper rails, entrepreneurship is a very connected train of

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many different moving cars. So you need to be careful because

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where you're working at or focused on may actually be

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affected by several other areas of your business that are

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outside the scope of the coaching. So you need to be

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very, very clear about that. And then the final of the big three

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is you need to make the commitment, right. If you're

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going to hire someone to help you attain this goal, then you

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need to make the commitment to attaining that goal and take

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their advice seriously, even if it sounds silly or off or you

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don't necessarily wholeheartedly agree with it. If you've done

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number one, hopefully that wouldn't be a problem. But if

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you've bought into this and you feel it's the right program for

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you, then you need to make the commitment to see it through.

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Because sometimes coaching takes a while to be able to really

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play out the benefits. So let's dig into the first one about

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hiring or finding out what coach you want to hire. And again, do

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your homework. So don't just look on the internet for a

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business coach. And then say that's, that's a personal hire,

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or look at who's trending on Facebook, or on podcasts or

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wherever you would happen to find coaches who's the trending

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speaker on the tradeshow circuit that you're on is another thing

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that you can get into pretty quickly. So make sure you do

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your homework, ask for references, interview them, look

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at their program really deeply to see if it aligns with you and

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what you're doing. So Cara, what are your thoughts around what

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you should look for when you're hiring a coach?

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So I've always been someone that's been

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super cautious and going into hiring a coach and a little

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skeptical about that. So what I tried to be super careful. And I

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like to look for those red flags and do a ton of homework. So the

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truth is, is that with COVID, and with people, a lot of people

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leaving those nine to five traditional jobs, there are a

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lot of little put in quotations, like storefronts popping up

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where you've got people that are advertising themselves as

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coaches in for one type of coach or another. It is an unregulated

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industry, correct me if I'm wrong Kim, but the truth is, is

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that you've got a lot of people out...

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It's not regulated.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Yeah, so there's a lot of people out

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Are you looking to bring awareness to your equine based

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there that are calling themselves coaches that maybe

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haven't spent a lot of time actually learning and doing the

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work to be a coach so it can get a bad name. So you've really got

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to do your homework. And you've got to look for those red flags

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that Kim started talking about, I highly recommend talking to

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more than one potential coach, you know, you really want to

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find someone that you feel is a good fit. So meet with them,

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talk to them find out you know what their background is, or

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have they participated in an accredited coaching program? Do

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they have certificates, do they have something behind that

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title, I feel like word of mouth is a great way to learn about

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potential coaches. I mean, if you've had someone else in your

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industry that's worked with a coach and has nothing but great

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things to say about them or can tell you about them, that might

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be a great place to start too. And if there's a way you can dip

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your toe in the water by, you know, looking at maybe they have

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an online workshop, or they have YouTube videos, I mean, Kim, you

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have a whole YouTube channel where you're helping people in

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guiding people free of cost, you know, so people can get on and

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they can dip their toe in the water before they actually pay a

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coach and start working with a coach and determine if it's a

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good fit. And if they have information, even things like

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Instagram reels you know where they're providing education, or

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the longer form videos, just any way that you can get some

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information about them before making a formal commitment. I

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also like to ask people, so what were you doing before you

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started coaching, this might be an interesting way for you to

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learn a little bit more about their background, you know,

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where are they working in industry that is in alignment

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with what you're doing already. So they have a lot of background

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in that area that they can bring to a coaching program with you?

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Is there a place where you can read up on their work and what

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they specialize in before booking them or before getting

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on a call with them? Maybe they've written a book or they

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product or service? Or create a unique way for your audience to

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some knowledge in? Those are the big things that I think about

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Kim, I know you have a lot to add to this, you have so much

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more experience in terms of coaching. So what do you think

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when you're looking for red flags?

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about those?

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So I want to talk about some red flag green flags

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with coaching programs and coaching businesses that I've

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seen out in the industry. And yeah, I'd work with a lot of

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coaches, I have a lot of coaches as clients. And I do like the

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list that you have here accredited coaching programs. So

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one of the things that you need to look into when you look into

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the accredited coaching program that accredited the coach are

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considering is you need to look into what are the requirements

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for that. So my certification is an equine Gestaltest, which

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gives me as a coach that is a two year investment of time. It

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has weekly classes every single week we attend a class that is

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an hour long, there's homework, there's a midterm, there's a

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final you have to prove professional liability insurance

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before you get your certification, you are subject

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to an ethics and review board on your practice. If one of your

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clients has a complaint about you, there's a board that you

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have to go see that's part of that organization. I mean, it's

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in depth. And then then on top of that there's five in depth

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live trainings and a few virtual trainings that I had to go

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through where I had to prove in front of the person who

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certified me that I was capable of executing the program

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correctly. And in a learning environment where I could feel

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where I could make a mistake, but not do something damaging.

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So by the time you exit that program, you've got some chops.

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Now I have most of a degree in psychology. And I was actually

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set to get a master's in psychology to get my LPC and

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when I looked at the difference between what the master's

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program that I would have been in involved and the education I

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would have got. And the education that I got from the

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Gestalt program that I certified from, I got more out of the

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Gestalt program, there was more learning more experience more

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hands on than the master's degree that I would have

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attained from the university that I was looking at. So some

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accredited programs are awesome. There are also other accredited

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programs out there that take a Saturday afternoon to complete.

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So you need to look and do your research on the accreditation

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behind that person. And if that person is accredited by a

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organization with one of those two day workshops, I'm not

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saying don't use that coach, because that coach may be super

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talented in many other ways and just got the certification to

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kind of check mark that but you definitely want to look to see,

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you know, is that coach, it's a red flag, it's a little bit of a

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caution, maybe it's more of a yellow flag. It's a little

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caution, you need to look what is the program and then what has

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the coach done with that particular program. So red,

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another red flag that I have is a coach that won't talk about

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their program except in vague terms. In other words, when you

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sit down and you do your interview with them, and you ask

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them what their program is, they only talk about it at like the

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highest level like well, you will reach your goals or we will

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do some goal setting or there will be accountability or you

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will learn this or you will be able to do that. If they aren't

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getting specific, like those are just vague, high level

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commitments, then then that is a huge red flag to me. So in my

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four by four program, for example, I can tell you exactly,

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I can tell you what, 16 points we're going to go over in your

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marketing program. I can tell you the common barriers that

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you're probably getting run into, and I can give you some

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idea of how we're going to conquer those. And the actual

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value in that program has more to do with me and my ability to

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get you through it, which is what a true coach does, then it

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does the content of the program itself. In other words, if you

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took the book on your own, and you did it, would you be as

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successful as you doing it with me, and I believe that the

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latter is the more successful way to handle that. So you

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definitely want to look at a red flag, if a coach is being very

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vague, either they don't know their program very well, or

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they're being super proprietary, which means that they're not

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going to give you everything that you need when you get into

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the coaching program. Another red flag is if the coaching

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program you want to enroll in like you buy into the program,

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but the actual coaching itself is delivered by somebody other

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than the person who developed the program. Again, it's not a

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definite no, it's just a red flag to say, hey, you need to

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look at this a little deeper to see if this is something that

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really is following what you want to do, or is there

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something more sketchy going on there. And then the final red

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flag that I have, before I get into some green flags is that if

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you go to their website, when you're doing your homework, and

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you're looking at their testimonials, which if they're a

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coach, they've got a lot of them if their testimonials are super

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vague. In other words, they're not being specific about what

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that coach helped that person with, like they don't have some

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really nice solid parameters to them, especially if it's a long

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testimonial that concerns me that those were testimonials

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that that person didn't get what they really wanted to set out to

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get. So look for testimonials that have a little bit more of

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specifics to them. Green flags would be when Cara mentioned

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that many coaches offer those online workshops, the YouTube

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videos, Instagram reels, all of those things, they offer some

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education out there for free, ask yourself, did you get some

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success from what they offered, you know, go go experiment with

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her free stuff, see if it gives you a step forward. If it does,

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chances are that particular coach would be really good for

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you. That means that their program is going to jive with

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you if you learned something from them. And then you took

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that option and you went out and you did something with it, then

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you've got a hint of success there that should carry through

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into the coaching program. Another green flag is that they

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have a well defined program with materials. In other words, you

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can see from the outside, and this sort of goes to the

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opposite of of the they don't know their program really well.

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Or they're vague about it, if they're able to really show you

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well put together materials and a very well thought out program,

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then I consider that program a good program. And then the final

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red flag green flag that I have is the red flag would be that

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all of the coaching is video based. In other words, when you

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enroll in the program, you have very little one on one lifetime

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with the actual coach and a lot of videos to watch. I don't

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dislike videos and coaching, I think it's a really good use of

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the coaches time to record the things that they need to do

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repetitively. And trust me, there's a lot of repetition of

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what you say in coaching from client to client. I think that's

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great. And I think it's important, but I also think it's

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important that you have you time when you work with a coach that

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you get that one on one or small group setting coaching, where

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you can express your specific problem and get your specific

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barriers addressed. So those are some more considerations that

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you might look at when you're doing your research around

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coaches.

Cara Taylor Swift:

I think that's really awesome. And I

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like the reassurance that you give about if they're willing to

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give away some things for free, that can be super helpful for

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your business, like what a great just initial, okay, I'm going to

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get something out of this coach, probably because the stuff that

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they've got out there for free has already helped me, I really

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love that. And I know that that's something that you do in

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your business and something that a lot of businesses are trying

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to give more, give more away, you know, to establish that

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value. And anyway, I just think that's such an important one. So

Cara Taylor Swift:

thank you for sharing those Kim. I really appreciate that. Are we

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ready to move on to number two?

Kimberly Beer:

Yep, we sure are. Number two is getting super

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clear about the scope of the coaching that you're wanting. So

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if you just vaguely say I want to hire a business coach, you're

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probably not going to have a very good coaching experience

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right Cara?

Cara Taylor Swift:

I mean, you're not off to a great start.

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I think once you've made that decision, like okay, I'm going

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to hire a coach, I'm going to do it that you really need to get

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super clear, you know about the scope of what you're going to

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accomplish during that coaching and that can look like big

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picture goals, but also little goals that you hope to knock out

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on each one of your sessions. You know, but you've got to have

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those goals. I think outlined clearly in order to really get

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some success from that, right?

Kimberly Beer:

Sure, and I think a coach's responsibility is to

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take your bigger goal and to break it down into palatable

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actionable pieces, and then get you to attain those pieces,

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right? And it's not their responsibility to do it for you,

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it's still your responsibility to execute on whatever it is.

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But what they can do is give you resources and tools and

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information and awarenesses that get you through those steps,

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you're still doing the work. But just like a coach in a

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basketball team, they don't go out and dunk the ball and make

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the shot

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listen to you talking about sports.

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It's just sort of sad until you get me under

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raining. But yeah, you they don't make the shot themselves,

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you the the person who is playing the game that is being

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coached, that's the person that goes out and makes the shot. And

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it's the same thing for a business coach, they're not

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going to come in there and change your business, they're

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not going to do it for you, what they're going to do is guide you

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to being the best that you can be and accomplishing as close as

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you can get or exceeding the goal that you have set. When it

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comes to setting the scope of the coaching, you can't be vague

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about it. If what you really want to attain is to make a

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certain dollar figure in your business, then that's what you

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need to bring to the coach and you need to concentrate on that

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one thing, yes, that one thing is going to split apart into a

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whole bunch of little things over time. But the one thing is

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all of those little things are going to move you towards the

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bigger object. And when you're deciding about what you want to

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be the scope of your coaching program, what I would do is I

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would look at do you want to eliminate? Or do you want to

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add? So is there something in the elimination part? Is there

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something in your business that is just absolutely driving you

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crazy, or you're really struggling with it, or you're

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really challenged with it, or you have a big block around it.

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So you could work with a coach to eliminate that. So you're

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taking things away, you're figuring out how to solve that

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problem on the opposite side of that is adding something to your

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business. So that would be a financial goal that you want to

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reach or an expansion goal. Or let's say you have your dog

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groomer, and you have a shop and you have two groomers and you

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want to add two more, and you hire a business coach to help

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you attain that. So you have a very solid scope of the goal.

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But the actual coaching may be you know, maybe you have to find

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another building that you need to expand to. And you have to

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add two more sets of equipment into your grooming business. And

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then you need to expand your market to include twice as many

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customers because now you have twice as many groomers. So the

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business coach can help you settle down and look at those

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topics very specifically, as they're moving you towards the

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goal that you brought to them for the scope of the coaching,

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you do need to be really clear and I one more thing before I

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get off my soapbox around this is you need to understand from

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the coach's perspective, how assessable they are to you. Some

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coaches are only assessable during your sessions. In other

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words, you have to wait for a session. Other coaches are

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available during certain hours via text or via email or via

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phone depending upon this specific coach to help you if

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you run into something that's a problem while you're working on

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your homework or working through your coaching program, their

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coaching program, all coaches work a little bit differently.

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They all have their brand and their uniqueness. So you do have

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to look at what is within the scope of how much access you're

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going to have to that coach. And then also, how long is the

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commitment for their program? Is the commitment? Is their program

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long enough for you to reach your commitment that you're

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asking for? Or is it going to take multiple programs so just

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Cara Taylor Swift:

Absolutely. And I think if you've reached

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that point where you're ready to hire a coach you found the right

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coach you've identified the coach that has all the green

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flags that make you happy you think it's gonna get you there

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you've done your homework, you know what it is that you want to

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accomplish then you're ready for big three number three, which is

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you need to make the commitment and that is huge because It's

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going to be a monetary investment, it's going to be a

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time investment, it's probably even going to pull in some

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emotional investment and work as well. Especially if you're

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dealing with some some blocks around money or something along

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those lines. So a couple big things is you've got to be ready

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to make the commitment, you've got to be prepared, you know,

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spend some time in advance thinking about what you want to

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work on, you know, before you even get to your first coaching

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session, you don't want to be scrambling last minute, you

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know, before your scheduled meeting. I think we've all been

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there where we've got Oh, crap, I've got to be on a call in 10

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minutes. And we're scrambling to pull ourselves together, you

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know, to get prepped for that call, you know, and then if

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you've had a session, sit back afterwards and really evaluate

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how that went, you know, did they give you strategies to try?

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Well, Gosh, darn it, implement those strategies that you agree

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to try, like, don't just let them float out there, you've got

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to do that work, you know, things like taking notes, even

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when you're not in your coaching session, like one of the things

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that I keep on my phone is I have a, I always have a note in

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my phone, that's like my ideas log and things I want to, you

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know, talk about or that I need to go over and you never know

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you're going to be driving or maybe you're out on the tractor,

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or you're riding your horse, or you're walking the dog, and that

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thing pops into your brain that you need to talk to your coach

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about that you need to have questions answered, that's when

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you need to put it in that note so that you don't lose it and

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forget about it, we always forget the important stuff when

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we need to remember it right. And then you know, if your coach

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most likely they're giving you or you know, resources that you

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need to be looking into, you need to be reading up on that

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you need to be trying out, go ahead and review those

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resources. And if you don't, if you find that they don't work

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for you, or you struggle with them, then you're ready to talk

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about that with your coach next time you're sitting down with

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them. And then the last piece that I have that Kim has already

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somewhat mentioned, your coach is not they're not like your

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employee, you can't expect your coach to do all the things

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right? Part of this process is that you as the animal based

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business owner need to do the work. And your coach is going to

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support you hopefully, as you move out of that comfort zone.

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But you have to be the one to do the work. And hopefully that

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includes their strategies, their support. So Kim, I know you have

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a lot you want to add to that. But when I think about, you

Cara Taylor Swift:

know, making the commitment, these are some of the things

Cara Taylor Swift:

that pop into my mind that I think are essential to getting

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prepared for that commitment. What do you think?

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I think you did an excellent job in covering

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that. And I really don't have all that much to add other than

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getting coached or being coached is hard. People think that it's

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going to ease the burden, you know, like take it away. And the

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truth is, is yes, it's going to ease it in the long term. But

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the work that it takes to get to the long term is going to take a

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little extra effort for you. So if you're hiring a coach,

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because you're looking to get something off of your plate, so

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to speak, you're not hiring the right person, that's an employee

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or a VA or a vendor or something like that. Coaches are there to

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help you reach those goals. And if you do not commit to doing

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the work to actually putting yourself into that you're

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basically wasting your money having a coach and you're also

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wasting that coach's time, because you need to really

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commit to it in order to be successful with it. And yes,

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it's going to be a little painful. I mean, I don't think

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you can look, if you look at where coaching what we kind of

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traditionally thought of coaching before we ended up in

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the life coaching world. Athletes, they go through pain,

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I mean, getting to the point to where you are top flight in your

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sport for whatever level it is that you play, that takes a lot,

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it takes a lot of effort, it takes like you said mental,

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emotional, physical effort to be able to get there, you're gonna

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have to play those games and definitely put into it your time

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and effort and your commitment in order to make it work. I do

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think that there is a lot of really good reasons to hire a

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business coach. I've worked with coaches for many, many years.

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And I've got to tell you that it has always improved my abilities

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when I work with a coach. So I always have gotten something out

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of those coaching relationships, even the ones where it may be

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didn't actually reach the goal, I still walked away with a ton

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of benefit. And I think that when we look at coaching now as

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consumers, we have a better understanding of what that

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really means. And if you do your homework and you hire the right

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coach, it can take you miles ahead of where you thought you

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might actually land. So it's a good all around thing. Just be

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mindful about the way you do it.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Excellent. This was awesome. I think it's

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got me motivated. So a couple of the big three here, you're

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thinking you're gonna you're ready to hire a business coach.

Cara Taylor Swift:

So big three, number one, you guys we got to do our homework,

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okay, we got to ask for references. We got to interview

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them, we got to look at their program very deeply. Second, you

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want to be really clear about the scope of the coaching like

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what do you want to accomplish both big picture goals and then

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hopefully some smaller goals and maybe your coach can help you

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with those. And then thirdly, and probably one of the most

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Important, you've got to be ready to make the commitment and

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be willing to be in some, you know, you're going to be in some

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pain, just like Kim said, those athletes out there, they're

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going to build up their strength. Here we are talking

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about sports, again, they're going to build up their

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strength. And they're going to do that through a series of

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activities. And they're going to it's going to be painful to get

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there. So hopefully, working with a coach is not painful for

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you. But you know, growing pains will happen. And I think it's

Cara Taylor Swift:

just an cool opportunity. So I'm really glad we had this

Cara Taylor Swift:

conversation today. Kim, I think there's a lot of people out

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there right now in this, especially in this time of small

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business where people are looking to hire coaches, and

Cara Taylor Swift:

there's a lot of them out there. And it can be super confusing

Cara Taylor Swift:

when you're trying to figure out which route to go. So thank you

Cara Taylor Swift:

for your insight on this today.

Kimberly Beer:

Oh, you're very welcome.

Cara Taylor Swift:

Okay, so thank you, everyone for

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listening today. Once again, we'd love to know what you

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