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How to Mastermind your Destiny
through Self-Coaching
Michaela Scherr
I've had many 'aha' and self-congratulatory moments through
coaching myself using self development workbooks. I refer
to this as 'Self-Coaching'.
Self-Coaching yourself in this way is great if you're:
1. Shy;
2. Too busy for one-on-one coaching;
3. Someone who doesn't like to go out much;
4. Trying to keep limiting beliefs to yourself;
5. Not ready to be coached by anyone else;
and 6. Working on your own personal development without anyone
else knowing - that way no-one will be disappointed if you
give it up or mess it up.
However to get the most out of this form of coaching you'll
need to be:
1. Committed to creating the change you want;
2. Disciplined;
3. Willing to do whatever it takes to develop yourself, e.g.
spiritual development courses, up-skilling, coaching etc;
4. Aware of when you need outside help.
Please Note: From experience, self-coaching will not be enough
if there are deeper issues needing to be resolved; and
5. The driver behind the wheel of change - it's your life;
you're in charge of your destiny.
Self-coaching can help (depending on the severity of the issue)
find strategies to apply to:
1. A relationship break-up or make-up;
2. Work related issues;
3. Indecision - something you've always dreamed of doing is
forever being pushed aside and you need to make a decision;
4. House move - do I stay or do I leave?
5. Itchy feet and wanting to explore and experience a new
lifestyle; and
6. Money problems.
A powerful step towards changing what you no longer want into
something you really want is by remembering and experiencing
what you'd like to change. Then, as you close the door of
the past behind you, aim for and take action to making it
happen.
Start by goal-setting the what, why, how of transformation,
and when you want it to happen by.
A few more tips if you're coaching yourself are:
1. Keep a diary or journal and write in it every day of how
you worked towards achieving inner change. You'll be able
to look back and reflect upon your journey, how you did it,
the frustrations, obstacles, and triumphs. It will also give
you a sense of achievement, after all you did it.
2. Become aware of how you do things and ask yourself "if
you could do this in a better way, how would you do it?"
3. As you coach yourself, at the end of every week summarise
what you've written and determine what changes you can make
easily for the following week.
4. Learn to meditate to give you inner peace as well as clarity
not only whilst working with your situation but also to give
yourself another self-help tool for your 'life skill toolkit'.
5. Take up a spiritual development course and increase your
intuition. People use their intuition practically every day
without realising it, increasing your intuition can help in
all areas of your life.
6. Inform everyone who needs to know that you'll be offline
for however long your self coaching sessions will be. Once
you've organised your time, be ruthless and stick to your
timetable. Failing to do this will result in a nasty thing
called procrastination to hold you captive!
7. Make a special note of any limiting beliefs you discover
about yourself. For example, maybe you have a hang up around
earning an income, or maybe you're not as confident as you
like to believe you are. In this case if you are unable to
find solutions to these beliefs it's time to call upon the
services of a transformational coach or other professional
(this applies to anything you're unable to effectively work
through).
The success of any 'Self-Coaching' program is dependent on
two things:
1. Your level of commitment; and
2. The quality and content of the workbook itself. It must
be designed and developed by someone with coaching experience,
an understanding of adult learning principles and the ability
to encapsulate it all in 'simple speak'.
Self-coaching has been an excellent 'self-help' tool for me
over the years and may help you in some way too.
Michaela
Scherr Transformational Coach
Michaela
Sherr is a Transformational Coach, certified practitioner
of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), writer, and Metaphysician
who is totally committed to helping others create positive
and action oriented changes to their lives. Michaela is also
the author of Coach Yourself - Mastermind Your Destiny
and other publications.
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