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Do you see a gap between where you are in your life and where you’d like to be in terms of your short- and long-term goals? A life coach could help.
As trained professionals, life coaches can help you tackle anything you’re struggling with, such as making a major life decision, growing a business or even just getting out of the rut you’re stuck in. They do this by encouraging, motivating and equipping you to succeed on your life journey – and keeping you accountable along the way.
An article on life coaching in Newsweek puts it well: “Part consultant, part motivational speaker, part therapist and part rent-a-friend, life coaches work with managers, entrepreneurs, and just plain folks, helping them define and achieve their goals — career, personal, or most often, both.”
So do life coaches really make a difference? If the countless anecdotal success stories are anything to go by, definitely. According to CFO magazine, life coaches “have the ability to view things from afar — in what some call ‘helicopter vision’ — and to shed new light on difficult situations. Often they can act as a sounding board through tough decisions, help sharpen skills, and motivate.”
Starting to think you could benefit from hiring one? Here are a few more reasons to consider making the move:
For business, a life coach can help you:
• Manage your time. Life is busy and it only gets busier, the higher up the career ladder you climb. A life coach can help you implement a workable schedule – and stick to it.
• Determine your career goals. A life coach can help you determine the direction in which you’d like your career to move. They’ll also help you get there.
• Advance your career. By identifying your strengths, weaknesses and potential, a life coach can help you plot a course for your career growth.
• Improve your interpersonal skills. We’re not all confident extroverts with the gift of the gab. A life coach can help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and work on adding skills where necessary.
• Work better in a team. Not everyone is a natural team player, but by equipping you with the right tools, a life coach can help you work more effectively in a team.
When it comes to your personal life, a life coach can help you:
• Grow your self-esteem and self-confidence. Armed with the correct skills, we all have the potential to improve our self-esteem and increase our self-confidence. A life coach can help you boost both.
• Strengthen your relationships. Knowing what you want from your relationships is the first step towards building healthier ones, and a life coach can help you identify your relationship wants and needs.
• Sharpen your communication skills. We all like to be understood. A life coach can help you communicate better with family and friends, as well as work colleagues.
• Achieve a work/life balance. We all know it’s the ideal, but very few of us ever really seem to get there. A life coach can help you implement the right changes to achieve this balance.
• Attain true wellness. If you’ve been neglecting your health, or if you aren’t coping with the stress in your life, a life coach can help you put a workable wellness strategy in place.
Fedhealth Medical Aid believes in living a happy holistic life, and we take your health seriously. To find out more about our offerings and benefits for consumers and businesses alike, get in touch with our team.
Sources
http://thelifecoachingcompany.com/benefits-of-life-coaching.aspx
http://projectlifemastery.com/video-blog-7-reasons-why-you-need-a-life-coach/
http://www.brazencareerist.com/blog/2015/05/04/15-ways-a-life-coach-can-help-you-at-work-and-beyond/
http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-finance/articles/2012/02/14/should-you-hire-a-life-coach
http://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/life-and-wellness-coaches
http://www.lifecoach.com/what-is-a-life-coach/
http://www.coachingpositiveperformance.com/6-core-benefits-personal-development/
http://www.actionfactory.co.za/10-ways-you-can-benefit-from-a-life-coach/
