{"id":6841,"date":"2016-08-22T09:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T09:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=6841"},"modified":"2023-04-06T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T18:36:11","slug":"the-challenge-shifting-from-negative-to-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/the-challenge-shifting-from-negative-to-positive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge: Shifting from Negative to Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/challenge-blog-series-positive-language.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-6843 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/challenge-blog-series-positive-language-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"The Challenge: Shifting from Negative to Positive\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/challenge-blog-series-positive-language-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/challenge-blog-series-positive-language-59x60.jpg 59w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/challenge-blog-series-positive-language-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/coachingfederation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Coaching Federation<\/a> modeled being positive for all coaches and coach training programs when, in updating the Code of Ethics, they intentionally changed to positive language as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>When someone is using negative language they are slower to process and act.\u00a0 Negative language limits at a subconscious level.\u00a0 Alternatively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/about-positivity-and-language\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">positive language<\/a> is motivating.\u00a0 Positive language opens up thinking and possibilities.\u00a0 Ultimately positive language is forward focused and coaching is forward focused.<\/p>\n<p>How do coaches create a shift when clients use negative language so that they use positive language instead?\u00a0 Ask questions!<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/practice-asking-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questions<\/a> to ask:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If not that, then what?<\/li>\n<li>If you don\u2019t want that, what do you want instead?<\/li>\n<li>How do you want it to be?<\/li>\n<li>What is your ideal?<\/li>\n<li>What is your best possible scenario?<\/li>\n<li>What do you want?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a personal level consider the impact on you when you are negative versus positive.\u00a0 When you catch yourself stuck in the negative, ask the questions listed here of yourself.<\/p>\n<p>As a coach make positivity a habit and positive language a new normal.\u00a0 The more you are positive and use positive language the more natural it is and the easier to create the shift with coaching clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Coaching Federation modeled being positive for all coaches and coach training programs when, in updating the Code of Ethics, they intentionally changed to &hellip; 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