{"id":6922,"date":"2016-09-29T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=6922"},"modified":"2016-09-07T18:37:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T18:37:40","slug":"do-coaches-procrastinate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/do-coaches-procrastinate\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Coaches Procrastinate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/do-coaches-procrastinate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/do-coaches-procrastinate-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"do coaches procrastinate?\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/do-coaches-procrastinate-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/do-coaches-procrastinate-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Silly question \u2013 you may as well ask, \u201cAre coaches human?\u201d\u00a0 Yes, coaches procrastinate.\u00a0 More pertinent questions are, \u201cHow much?\u201d and \u201cHow often?\u201d\u00a0 The reality check is, \u201cWhat happens?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because how much and how often people and\/or coaches procrastinate varies based on the individual, focus instead on what happens.\u00a0 The possibilities vary too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Absolutely Nothing \u2013 the best possible outcome for procrastination is that nothing happens. Of course it often seems as though nothing happens when in reality what happens is simply hidden.<\/li>\n<li>Tasks Pending \u2013 another simple outcome of procrastination is that tasks are still pending. Hopefully the tasks are still completed and in time to serve the purpose intended.\u00a0 Alternatively, it may be that the desired outcome is delayed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/productivity\/8-ways-procrastination-can-destroy-your-life.html\" target=\"_blank\">Negative Consequences<\/a> \u2013 procrastination may result in lost opportunities, a loss of credibility, and\/or a loss of business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Beyond the impact on the individual who procrastinates, what happens for coaches who procrastinate?\u00a0 Often it means the coach fails to develop and grow and in turn their work or business fails to develop or grow.\u00a0 Additionally, if a coach procrastinates then they are modeling a behavior that they are trained to help change.\u00a0 Specifically, during coaching certification or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforcoachingcertification.com\/certified-professional-coach-training\/program-overview.html\" target=\"_blank\">coach training<\/a>, coaches learn how to partner with their clients and support clients being proactive.\u00a0 So the question becomes, \u201cHow can you help someone else be proactive if you yourself are procrastinating?\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/procrastination-a-challenge-for-coaches-%E2%80%93-part-2of-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coaches<\/a> &#8211; be proactive and ask yourself:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do I want to accomplish?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if I don\u2019t accomplish it?<\/li>\n<li>What happens if I do accomplish it?<\/li>\n<li>How will I move forward?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silly question \u2013 you may as well ask, \u201cAre coaches human?\u201d\u00a0 Yes, coaches procrastinate.\u00a0 More pertinent questions are, \u201cHow much?\u201d and \u201cHow often?\u201d\u00a0 The reality &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[70,464,116,119,465,77,48,85,45,50,86,88,118,466,102,84,463,462,115,134,117,103,107],"class_list":["post-6922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-coach-certification","tag-business-coach-training","tag-career-coach-certification","tag-career-coach-training","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coach-training","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-certification","tag-effective-coaching","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-executive-coach-training","tag-goal-setting","tag-goals","tag-health-coach-certification","tag-health-coach-training","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-life-coach-training","tag-life-coaching-certification","tag-opportunities","tag-strategy","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6979,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6922\/revisions\/6979"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}