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Why Hire A Coach?

In today’s competitive business world, one needs to be at the “top of their game.” The pressure of business can be overwhelming. Where can business owners, senior executives, executive directors of not-for-profits and others turn to handle the pressure and be powerful performers? My recommendation is to hire a coach!

And your question back to me is why hire a coach? In researching for this newsletter, I found Bill Cole, Founder & CEO of Procoach Systems in San Jose, CA. Bill is a leading authority on peak performers, mental toughness and coaching. You can learn more about Bill by visiting his website at www.MentalGameCoach.com and you can access an extensive article archive there as well.

In one article entitled “Why Hire A Coach? Ten Terrific Ways To A More Powerful Life,” Bill lists 10 ways a coach can help get you to the next level. I believe his list is absolutely “right on” based upon my coaching experience. The ten ways are listed as:

1. A coach can be a confidant.
2. A coach can help you see your blind spots.
3. A coach can provide objective feedback.
4. A coach provides another set of eyes.
5. A coach can keep you accountable.
6. A coach can be a sounding board.
7. A coach can be another source of creative ideas.
8. A coach can help you create your vision.
9. A coach can help celebrate your successes and be a source of strength when you fail.
10. A coach can help you process life.

To read the complete article, go to www.mentalgamecoach.com

Is there a gap between where you are now and where you want to be? Would you like to grow your business and yourself to the next level? Could you benefit from having a coach to help you with: time management; building your business; solving problems; bringing more focus to your business using strategic thinking and planning; and developing a strategic action plan for you and your business?

Glen Ebersole
20 June 2007

Glenn Ebersole, Jr. is a multi-faceted professional, who is recognized as a visionary, guide and facilitator in the fields of business coaching, marketing, public relations, management, strategic planning and engineering. Glenn is the Founder and Chief Executive of two Lancaster, PA based consulting practices: The Renaissance Group, a creative marketing, public relations, strategic planning and business development consulting firm and J. G. Ebersole Associates, an independent professional engineering, marketing, and management consulting firm. He is a Certified Facilitator and serves as a business coach and a strategic planning facilitator and consultant to a diverse list of clients. Glenn is also the author of a monthly newsletter, “Glenn’s Guiding Lines – Thoughts From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach” and has published more than 250 articles on business. To find out more about the benefits & rewards of effectively working with a strategic thinking business coach, please contact Glenn Ebersole through his web site at http://www.businesscoach4u.com or jgecoach@aol.com

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Anyone Can Do It - Self-Coaching

I've been reading a lot more lately and just yesterday I came across a thought in a book that really spoke to me.

It talked about the fact that anyone can do anything, anything at all, but very few people realize this, and of the ones who do, only a tiny fraction of them appropriate that power and use it to get anything and everything they want in life.

Now a big part of stepping up my reading lately is to get back on track. For a very long time I was always part of that tiny fraction who used the power we all have to achieve absolutely anything we want, but after attaining a high level of success as an author, and after getting comfortable with the passive income that it brings, I got lazy and stopped working to achieve even bigger goals. I was living the life I wanted, driving my dream car, and so on, but I lost sight of the big picture and fell
way behind on my larger life goals.

In fact I heard Robert Kiyosaki speak recently and he went through the exact same experience not that long ago thanks to traveling the world and having too much fun instead of focusing on his business.

As a result of this, I began to consider coaching for myself. I looked into it and almost did it, but I thought to myself, do I really need to pay someone very high fees just to call me every day and ask me if I'd completed my to-do list? I mean, come on, with everything else I've accomplished up to this point, I could surely do that much on my own!

Completely by accident I came across a course online that cost nothing and was there for the taking on a website. I figured there was nothing to lose and everything to gain by giving it a shot, so
I went ahead and downloaded the course materials and went through it's daily routine, which consists of a simple lesson and video first thing each day, which took less than 10 minutes to complete.

Now I'm back on track and am not only within reach of my big major goals but have made them even bigger and am on track to attain those too! Heck, I even decided to replace the dream car with a dreamier one ;-)

I'm not telling you this to brag, but to let you know about the course I completed because, like I said, it's sitting on a website for the taking and you can go and access it right now.

Do so and you too will experience the increased focus, productivity, organization, positivity, and overall happiness that I've experienced with it.

This is better than any coaching program I've seen anywhere. Period.

Here's the site where you can access it:

http://fjr.simpleology.com/?nl

It's called Simpleology, 'the science of getting what you want.'

Here's the catch - even though Simpleology has had more impact on my life than any other personal development program I have ever experienced, I do have to warn you that it will only work if you do what it asks. There is no such thing as a magic pill. Simpleology is boiled down to a short 10-15
minute exercise that you perform every day. If you want the incredible changes in your mastery of Time, Energy, and Money, you MUST do the fun exercise every day! The changes aren't going to happen unless you do.

So, with that, do it right now ... you'll be glad you did:

http://fjr.simpleology.com/?nl

Enjoy!
Frank
FJR Advisors,
LLC, 20701 N Scottsdale Rd,
C5-290, Scottsdale,
AZ 85255, USA

Sports Coaching - 5 Strategies for Dealing with Bad Attitudes

Ugh... the player with a bad attitude. It sounds like a serious sports cliché, but it's true - they are like a cancer in the locker room, on the practice filed/ court and in a game. They can make things difficult for all of the athletes on the team with their constant problematic behavior.

But, believe it or not it is possible to put stop to it - or at least curb it by laying down a few ground rules to begin with. And it doesn't hurt to get the player's parents involved with this as well. It takes a lot of energy to deal with players that have poor attitudes, but they can be turned around, and the impact they have on the rest of the team can be significantly lessened.

Here are a few tools for dealing with problem athletes:

*Lay the ground rules for players and parents - This is the first thing I would tell any coach - especially if they are running a community team as opposed to a school team. I'd even do it if it were a school team I was coaching. Plan a parent's meeting and expect everyone to be there.

At this meeting you will explain to parents and players the conduct that is expected of players and the way they are to carry themselves on the practice field and when you play games. This is very Coach Carter, but it is preached in many current athletic club guidelines - coaches need to take control of the team immediately.

It is important to lay the foundation for: behavior, expectations, practices, games, and the role of the parents.

*Deal with the player as an equal - If you try to act condescending, or worse yet, call out a player in front of their peers, you might not get the response you want. Talk to the player behind closed doors and get them to take an active role in their team. Don't talk down to them.

*Talk to team leaders - If you approach team leaders, they may be able to persuade or have an effect on the behavior of the player(s) with attitude problems. Peer pressure is often the best pressure to put on people.

*Give the player responsibility - Take advantage of the player's influence and turn it into a positive. Get them involved with a major part of the team to try and generate positive interest in what the team is doing. You might be surprised with what they come up with.

*Stay calm - Part of the attitude is to generate a response. Don't let the player see that you are affected by what they are doing.

Pat Anderson
03 Dec 2006

Pat Anderson has been a basketball player and coach for over a decade. His popular blog is full of great coaching tips and basketball drills: http://www.online-basketball-drills.com/