One of my colleagues reached out to our community recently to ask for support for her to complete some coaching hours to get her advanced advanced coaching certification.
Always happy to help my fellow colleagues, I volunteered to be coached by her for a few sessions.
Thinking I was the one doing her a favour, I quickly changed my mind.
I’ve said it before, when you have a coach, a coach B.A.Q.S. you up.
A coach helps you see your BLINDSPOTS.
A coach helps keep you ACCOUNTABLE.
A coach asks QUALITY QUESTIONS.
A coach always SUPPORTS you.
The past few weeks I’ve taken more action towards my goal of becoming known as a Writer, than I have in the past 10 years.
Even though I have mentors and I’m continually learning, it’s been a great reminder for me, for the value a coach provides, and positive feedback understanding the value I bring when I coach my clients.
My coach asks me, “What actions do you want to take this week to advance your goal?”
I’m compelled to answer or we’re wasting both our time.
Because I come up with the action and because I have said it, I’d feel like I would be out of integrity (my highest value) if I didn’t do the work.
Essentially, I am committing and although she doesn’t have to do anything to keep me accountable, because my word does that, without the coaching:
- I wouldn’t come up with actions to take
- If I did, I most likely wouldn’t tell anyone, and
- I most likely wouldn’t hold myself accountable.
My quality question to you, as your pseudo coach is this:
What are you doing to get the back up you need?
What goals have you got that without someone in your corner BAQing you up, are really just dreams?
A coach doesn’t have to be a professional and there are many ways you can provide a fair exchange for each other.
The main thing I want you to get from this week’s thought is that we all need someone in our corner who B.A.Q.S. us up.
Reply and let me know who your person is and what your goal is and what action you are taking toward it.
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