Getting Your First Coaching Client

SUMMARY

Are you really interested in becoming a coach, but you're not quite sure whether or not you could get clients?

Are you already a coach, somebody that loves what you do and what you can bring to the world, but you're not really sure about this whole "selling" thing?

Well, stick around in this episode, because I'm going to show you the 3 things you need to do to get your first paying client in your practice.

Number one, we need to go through a mindset makeover.

The second part that is that we need to operate in and do some work around is our area of intention.

And the third area that you want to be coached in, whether that be by yourself or with help from others, is around positioning yourself as an authority.

So, there's the three things that I suggest you work on with your first client. Obviously, to do that, you need to make a decision right now that you have a client and it's you. I want to remind you again that what I'm not saying here is that you need to work on you before you start your practice. What I want you to do is work on the foundation as you build your practice.

I've said it for weeks now, there are people waiting right now, more than ever, there are people that need you and coaches like you to be able to help them to navigate the challenges that they're going through right now. Well, that's it for me for another week. Join me again next week, where I'm going to help you to know how to set up an online coaching practice. I'll see you then.

FULL TRANSCRIPT

Are you really interested in becoming a coach, but you're not quite sure whether or not you could get clients? Are you already a coach, somebody that loves what you do and what you can bring to the world, but you're not really sure about this whole "selling" thing? Well, stick around in this episode, because I'm going to show you how to get your first paying client in your coaching practice.

There are many coaches out there who do an amazing job at coaching people. The biggest challenge is there's so many out there that are the best kept secret. There are so many out there that cannot get clients. So, what I want to do in this episode is just give you some different thoughts and distinctions than what you probably think I'm going to be talking about that are going to help you to get your first client. Over the years when I have been working with coaches and trainers and help them to get their first client, they'll come back to me and go, "I've got a great client. What do I do now?" And simply what they need to do, and what I tell them every time, is just do what you did to get the first one. So, the biggest hurdle to overcome is that first client.

What I want to do is I want to come from a totally different perspective today to help you to understand that the first client that you need to get is you. Whenever I'm running any of our certification programs, any of our programs that help our coaches to be able to give greater value to their clients, I always recommend and encourage them to go through the program for themselves first, to grow and to make the changes and the shifts that they're coaching will bring to others first.

Now, you've heard me say, and I stand by this, that it's not about having it all together, being a coach. It's not about making sure that you're perfect and you've got everything sorted out before you can help anyone else. No. As I've talked about before in previous episodes, it's exactly the opposite of that. The secret of every great program that you go on is not the information. It's in the implementation by making yourself your first coaching client.

So, the three things that we need to do first, number one, we need to go through a mindset makeover. A mindset makeover is where we take the mindsets, the beliefs that we've got about ourselves, about the world, and we rinse them off. We ring them out. We flip them. We change them so that they're going to actually empower us to go out there as a coach and enable us to ask people to be our client. So in the mindset makeover, it's about making a shift. It's about looking at what you believe about yourself, what you have conditioned yourself to believe because of the meanings that you put on events, on things that people said about you in the past, and turning those from being an anchor into being an engine that propels you forward and allows you and gives you permission to be a coach. So, step one is to go through some self-coaching around your mindset.

The second part that we need to operate in and do some work around is our area of intention. It's about knowing where it is that we want to go. It's about setting a plan and having results that we want to achieve in our coaching practice. We need to be able to work out and get back to what it is that we got into coaching for and where it is that we want our practice to take us. So, the second thing you want to do is get some clarity around that and then work out what has held you back from getting those results in the past.

And the third area that you want to be coached in, whether that be by yourself or with help from others, is around positioning yourself as an authority. It's a battle with yourself and going, "Yes, I can be a coach. I have a life experience and I have education that helps me to help others because I've dealt with those limiting and false beliefs in my mindset. I've worked on the behaviours. I've set a plan. I know why I'm doing this. I now feel confident and certain that I'm meant to do this."

So, there's the three things that I suggest you work on with your first client. Obviously, to do that, you need to make a decision right now that you have a client and it's you. I want to remind you again that what I'm not saying here is that you need to work on you before you start your practice. What I want you to do is work on the foundation as you build your practice. If you're interested in knowing more about the Roadblock Eliminator, then get in touch and let me know. I'll hook you up with some training that'll help you to overcome the roadblocks that are in your way to clear the path for you to get not just yourself as a client, but many more clients.

I've said it for weeks now, there are people waiting right now, more than ever, there are people that need you and coaches like you to be able to help them to navigate the challenges that they're going through right now. Well, that's it for me for another week. Join me again next week, where I'm going to help you to know how to set up an online coaching practice. I'll see you then.