How to Become Your Own Life Coach

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Channel: Howcast · 2010 · Howto & Style

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Follow your own advice and see if your coaching works.

Step 1: Ask if your choices are good
Counsel yourself on each life question by questioning every choice in terms of your long-term physical and psychic health. Trust your intuition about whether something feels right.

Step 2: Examine your values
Examine your values and write them down. Be certain that they are served by the choices you make. 

Step 3: Challenge yourself
Challenge yourself to face denials. Be affirmative about your worth. 

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Ask yourself specifically what you need to do to be happy.

Step 4: Prioritize your time
Prioritize the demands on your time. Identify what is of greatest meaning and consequence for you.

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Read self-help books that relate to your situation or life experiences.

Step 5: Avoid trying to control others
Ask yourself where the line is between your business and others'. Don’t attempt to control people or make decisions for them.

Step 6: Request help
Request help, trusting your intuition again to find the right and rational person to engage.

Step 7: Make a list of priorities
Make a list of priorities for your life complete with changes you want to make. Include deadlines to evaluate progress.

Did You Know?
Did you know? Former New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, who resigned amid a scandal involving fabrications and plagiarism, reinvented himself as a certified life coach.

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