{"id":7817,"date":"2018-03-01T11:05:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T11:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/?p=7817"},"modified":"2022-01-17T20:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T20:05:12","slug":"stories-about-starting-a-coaching-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/stories-about-starting-a-coaching-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories About Starting a Coaching Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Katrina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Imagine Katrina plans to start a coaching business.\u00a0 She completes her initial training and starts researching and planning for her business.\u00a0 She then completes her next coach training program and joins the <a href=\"https:\/\/coachfederation.org\">International Coach Federation<\/a>.\u00a0 She is hesitant to start because she wants more (as yet undefined) resources and she is unsure she is good enough to coach.\u00a0 She stays in a job and is regularly drawn back to researching and planning.\u00a0 This continues for five years before she decides to start a coaching business obviously doesn\u2019t work for her, so she commits to staying in a job where she is unhappy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Richard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Envision Richard completing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/en\/training\/certified-professional-coach\/program-overview.html\">coaching certification<\/a> and hanging out the proverbial shingle for his new coaching business.\u00a0 While he is uncomfortable with marketing he does update his LinkedIn profile and talk to people in his network, so he gets a few referrals.\u00a0 Richard coaches a few people at a time and while he wants more clients he procrastinates doing the marketing.\u00a0 The coaching business continues on a part time basis, so Richard decides to get other work too.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7012 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/be-proactive-jpg-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/be-proactive-jpg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/be-proactive-jpg-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/be-proactive-jpg-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Maria<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visualize Maria starting a coaching business.\u00a0 After she completes her coach training she utilizes the resources provided and the examples in the previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/\">blogs<\/a> to develop her plan.\u00a0 She commits to scheduled action steps and actively talks about what she is doing with her network.\u00a0 As she spreads the word her contacts refer people to her for coaching.\u00a0 She ensures she provides a quality service and her clients refer others too.\u00a0 Maria continues to work on her business consistently and she achieves her goals for the business.<\/p>\n<p>After reading these examples, reflect on the possibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which outcome do you want for yourself?<\/li>\n<li>What will it take to achieve that outcome?<\/li>\n<li>How will you motivate yourself to follow-through?<\/li>\n<li>What resources will you use to create success?<\/li>\n<li>What might get in the way?<\/li>\n<li>How will you move past the challenges?<\/li>\n<li>What is your action plan?<\/li>\n<li>Describe your ideal outcome.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The choice is yours \u2013 choose what you want and commit to taking the action so you create success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katrina Imagine Katrina plans to start a coaching business.\u00a0 She completes her initial training and starts researching and planning for her business.\u00a0 She then completes &hellip; 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