What helps you to bounce back from a setback in your coaching practice? In my experience running a business goes in ebbs and flows and the ‘emotional rollercoaster’ of it gets easier over the years, but never really comes to a full stop.
Hearing enough NOs when offering your coaching is an integral part of hearing enough YESs that keeps your practice thriving.
It feels extra emotional to loose a potential client, since that ‘service/product’ you’re offering is, well… YOU!
I thought I had the grip on my emotions in recent years. I’ve started to feel almost as cool as a cucumber on enrolment calls knowing for sure that statistically I only need to speak to 3 people for 1 to sign up.
But recently I was introduced to a new challenge: a little baby-boy who brings us tonnes of Joy,… and also some sleep deprivation…
When I had a ‘bad night’, the quality of thinking goes right down the toilet.
If I have a minor setback, it serves me with a variation on this thought:
“Clearly you’re a SHIT […fill in the gap as you please, eg mother/wife/coach…]!”
I thought to share as last week I had a sudden mini-meltdown. I signed up a new client, who changed his mind overnight.
As I spent the day ‘filling the gap’ in that sentence, two BONKERS AMMMAZING clients signed up by the evening.
I wondered if that lamenting was at all necessary.
Consciously, I know that it’s not necessary, but a degree of it is unavoidable.
All of this to say – you’re not alone if you woke up with a doubt in your head:
“Am I good enough for this client?”
“Will I be able to sign up new clients this month?”
“Who am I to..”
Don’t believe everything you hear in your lovely head.
Over the years, I developed a level of confidence that is deeper than this surface thinking.
Even in the midst of calling myself names, I have full certainty that this is temporary. And if things are looking down right now – the only way it can go from here is UP.
The only real way to have consistency in your practice – is to take a proper moment to process such emotions and simply take that next step the next day!
Reach out to more Humans, write a post, send an invoice.
Having gone through multiple emotional roller-coasters in my coaching business, I develop a profound level of compassion for coaches who are starting out and learning for the first time that being an awesome coach is only 50% of the job.
So I developed a programme that helps trained coaches get the business skill of it into their muscle memory called The Fully Booked Coach.
We are launching our Summer Cohort at the end of June, we now have 4 incredible coaches on board, and there is space for 2 more to apply for the programme.
Let me know if you’re curious and we can jump on a call to see if we may be a good fit to work together to help you iron out the ebbs and flows, and get the tools to truly enjoy the ride!
You can schedule our ‘Business Date’ here: https://lnkd.in/dcaqF9n7
