You want to develop an entrepreneurial mindset in personal coaching. What are your first steps?

First, is a question of what got you involved in improving yourself in the first place? If you take a look at where you were at in your life, about 5 to 10 years ago, this is a good indicator of who you would be best to work with as a client. You have proven that you were able to get yourself from that position to where you are now . This will make it a congruent message when you tell people that you can help them with this. You will also have real life stories to support it.

Get comfortable with uncertainty, with a moving technological landscape and to pivot in mid-flight. Uncertainty and assimilating a new reality are of the utmost importance #TakeTwoCoaching

The first step on building a business around Personal Coaching is to identify what pain areas you can solve or offer the solutions? Take a review of your past and observe what were the challenges you overcome on your own which were really depressing and demanding. Do you find many people grappling with the same around you? Can they pay for it? Do you love to do this problem solving in that area? Then it's your Ikigai, your passion. Go for it. You won't be tired doing it and will definitely excel in it.

Some ways to kickstart your entrepreneurial journey: 1. Find Your Tribe: Imagine a room full of people who get it – your ideal clients! Specializing in a specific area, like anxiety or career coaching, allows you to tailor your services and become their go-to person. 2. Embrace the Challenge: Setbacks happen! The key is to see them as learning opportunities. Reflect on past hurdles and how you overcame them. Use this knowledge to navigate future challenges with confidence. 3. Goals, Glorious Goals!: Clear goals are your roadmap to success. Set SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound) like acquiring 5 new clients in 3 months. This keeps you motivated and helps you track progress.

1. One thing to do is practice what feels right before you scale. Starting small gives you a feedback loop. Each client you coach, free or fee based will help you determine the right niche. 2. Once you feel you know your niche, ask ChatGPT about ways to package what you want to offer. That’s an extreme shortcut and it works. 3. Ask your current customers what they want / how they would want it delivered to them and hire a specialized coach or person to implement your product. That’s the easiest and quickest way to monetize your personal coaching passion.

If you’re just starting, you can get one to two people that you can work with for free or ideally, had a low rate with the agreement that they will give you a testimonial of how they benefited from your coaching. This will validate it for yourself and give you the confidence that you need. These testimonials will also act as social proof to potential new clients.

Second step towards creating a business around your passion of Personal Coaching or Life Coaching is to validate the business model or the acceptance of your services on paid service by the Market. The best thing to do in today's times is to create a free masterclass / webinar over zoom and at the end pitch for a paid service and see how people respond to that. Do they buy it? What's the conversion ratio? Do it 3-4 times with little change in content and your sales pitch. If people happily opt for a paid higher version of your service offerings, you are on right track.

Validating your offer is important for a better understanding of what others think, feel, and deal with in their life. You can market test by offering free events to test the water. I always have a questionnaire when they sign up, it helps me understand my audience and their language. Offering complimentary "discovery" calls that focus strictly on the prospect is valuable, too. Ask what they want to do, is it something they want to change? Let them know you're creating a program (offer), ask if they would like you to follow up with more information.

In my experience, the brand will be the result of the results that you get for your clients. Focus on delivering the most value that you can… This would be where your clients find the valuable. Essentially be the best version of yourself, and then you become the brand.

Creating a powerful personal brand using multiple tools and platforms is the next step of your entrepreneurship in the area of Personal Coaching. Start with a personal website, brand identity like logo, vcard etc. Be seen on prominent platforms like TED Talks, Josh Talks and other Public Speaking platforms and Events in your category. Working upon your personal appearance, Voice tonality, communication skills and presentation skills is mandatory to be a likeable coach, because people buy from people they like. And people make a perception by your appearance and approach that reflect from your personality.

Isn't the idea that we're always learning, growing, expanding our awareness and skills? It's a part of the entrepreneurial adventure! Time management is critical, keeping priorities straight.

It’s not so much about being the perfect or even the best coach. Be the best that you can be in the moment, keep learning and improving. The most important part is to stay one step ahead or more of your ideal client

Great Coaches are the ones who are Coachable. Keep learning new things every week every month in your niche as well as entrepreneurship. Keep adding more content, valuable offerings and making your content better. Keep improving your business model through efficient management of the processes.

You don't know everything! Coaches can tend to fall into a messianic complex where we think we have all the answers. You don't. In fact, our job isn't to know the answers, but to know the questions. As you read and learn and fill yourself with many more thoughts, you will be able to formulate better questions. When our questions get better, we get better answers and better results!

You cannot grow without failure on some level. Keep in mind the true failure is only an end result, and that would only happen if you stop or die. Assuming that you’re gonna live… Just keep going and push through the setbacks and embrace them as the curriculum of what you need to learn For your greatest successes. Stay true to your life‘s vision, and “succeed on purpose”

Failures are the steps of Success. You will fall your way to greatness. Don't get bogged down with setbacks and failures. Perseverance and discipline with perpetual learning can take an average mind to far higher places than a genius but lazy person who gives up easily.

El fracaso puede jugar a tu favor si es gestionado. Como dice en el texto es una oportunidad de aprender. -- Failure can work in your favor if it is managed. As it says in the text, it is an opportunity to learn.

This is the most important factor that will separate you from the rest of new entrepreneurs. If you failed means you have tried Failure is failure only when you don’t learn from it

Setting the intention first before taking any action. Our intention set right, the right book, right training, right coach and right clients would appear.

Any effective coach needs to be able to humanize the coaching experience. Your client will not engage with you, unless they feel that you have imperfections just like they do. A mistake that many coaches make is trying to appear perfect, and that is an impossible standard for anyone to measure up to. Feel free to share instances where you’ve done things and didn’t always get perfect results. You will find that by making this one easy shift, your clients’ engagement will significantly improve.

Coaching is tough. Many folks I know who have tried to come into coaching think it is an easy road. The reality is coaching is about being straight with folks, telling the what they don't want to hear, challenging them. Someone once told me a good coach is one that is telling their clients what they need to hear with no fear of being fired. To be a great coach, be so true and honest with clients that they say to you, "thank you for telling me what i know to be true but was afraid to even tell myself."

Ready to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset in your coaching practice? Start by clarifying your long-term goals and vision for your coaching practice. Identify what success looks like and what impact you want to make as a coach, which will guide your decisions and actions, helping you think more strategically. Entrepreneurs are willing to take calculated risks and innovate to stay ahead. Look for opportunities to step out of your comfort zone, try new coaching approaches, and experiment with different strategies. Embracing risk and innovation can lead to new insights and growth in your practice. Developing an entrepreneurial mindset in personal coaching begins with defining your vision and embracing risk and innovation.