2. Find a Trustworthy Guide
Work with a Life Coach who genuinely wants to help you.
Perhaps you’re worried that the notion of personal development is so much woo-woo, new-age bullshit, and that the industry is peopled by charlatans and snake oil sellers who promise you fame and fortune if only you’ll sign up for their seminars, take their courses, buy their books, subscribe to their podcasts. Perhaps they will dazzle you with their brilliance, offering answers to the mysteries of life while enticing you with ever more outlandish ways to separate you from your money.
Let me tell you, there is quite a lot of woo-woo, new-age bullshit out there. It pays to be careful not to get hoodwinked by some guru with a glitzy website and a flashy social media presence, even if they do have thousands of followers buzzing around like flies around fresh manure! If a guru’s promises seem too good to be true, they probably are.
But don’t let a few shysters put you off engaging in personal development, because there are plenty of genuine practitioners who aren’t in the business merely to make themselves wealthy. These professional Life Coaches are motivated by a desire to serve and to help their Clients to live their best life.
Having committed to change, you’ll need a trustworthy guide – a Coach – to help you chart your course from where you are today to where you want to be in the not-too-distant future. Choose carefully and don’t be distracted by glitz, glamour and extravagant promises.
Work with a Life Coach who genuinely wants to help you to figure out what you want your life to be like and to put you on track to achieve it. That will be the best investment, both in time and money, that you’ve ever made.
A professional Life Coach will offer you a short, introductory session, often free of charge, in which you get to meet each other, talk about the Coaching process, and give you an opportunity to ask questions. This gives both of you – you and the Coach – an opportunity to get to know each other and decide whether you’re going to be a good “fit” with each other. A Coaching program depends on trust between Client and Coach, so before you sign up, you must be confident that you’ll be able to establish that trust.