Are you a coach who is hesitant to put yourself out there?
Do you promise yourself that you are going to get started taking clients just as soon as some crucial piece falls into place or you complete some particular training or earn a certain degree?
Right now, you are the star of the show on opening night. The curtain has gone up. It is a packed house and they are all hushed, waiting for you to enter.
The spotlight is on and focused, but you stand, poised, lingering in the wings, your foot raised to stride onstage. But there is something stopping you. Something keeping you back from stepping into the spotlight and shining for all of the world to see like the star and world changer that you are!
Starting a coaching business can be scary, and hard. One of the most challenging aspects can be just gathering the courage to begin.
Maybe it seems like you aren’t ready yet. Perhaps you are unsure of your specific niche or confused about who your ideal client is. Maybe you want everything to be perfect before you take the plunge. Or maybe there is a lack of confidence in your ability or whether this is right for you.
Whatever it may be that is holding you back, it is time to shake it off, listen to your inner calling and get moving.
Take action.
Don’t wait for a lightbulb moment. Oftentimes the lightbulb moments come when you are taking action. Clarity comes as the action starts to open doors.
Vanessa Talbot, professional profile builder for coaches and change makers and creator of the signature program “Step into the Spotlight” advises, “Don’t wait for all your ducks to line up!”
She goes on to say of her own experience starting out in the coaching business, “I didn’t wait to be perfect, I wasn’t even certified. I didn’t wait for everything to be perfect, I just took action from the very beginning.”
And consequently, Vanessa’s coaching business has evolved to what it is today as she started to get feedback from her clients and as she understood what her strengths and passion was and what energised her by taking action.
Her business today is somewhat different from what she started doing, although she recognizes every step she took supported her to create her current and previous success and will set her up for the future. Some offerings she stopped doing, some offerings Some offerings Vanessa stopped, other offerings she has continued to do and new offerings have been developed based on feedback in its various forms: her client’s feedback; her own energy, emotions, thoughts; and the financial success of her products and services.
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