3 Reasons Not Hiring a Coach is Costing You Money

You may thinking a coach or a paid mentor is something you can’t afford, but the better question to ask yourself is can you really afford not to have one? Coaches come from every profession and can offer you valuable structure, insights and motivation to take your business and yourself to the next level. There is certainly a cost associated with a coach, however they can offer up time savings and experience that will super charge your success.

Here are three reasons you need to hire a coach for success.

Coaches Can Give You Shortcuts

A great coach is someone who is occupying a position or set of qualities that you want to have or experience. Their hindsight will be your foresight, so only work with a coach that is well versed, highly qualified and capable in your field or industry. The right coach is going to provide you with the leverage of their experience, having walked in shoes very similar to the ones you’re wearing now. That means they can show you how to solve a problem, acquire a skill or perform a task in a much better, faster way than going it alone. They jumpstart your success journey in a way that far outpaces the investment in their coaching fees. Think about all the hurdles a coach could help you navigate because of their past. They can tell you what worked for them and they’ll have a rolodex of resources available to share with you to help. That can mean relationships they can help introduce you to, tools you don’t know about that have helped them and life skills they’ve learned to help you succeed. Remember thought that those shortcuts are only going to work if you’re willing to do the work. A coach can show you the way but they can’t do the work for you.

Coaches Will Keep You Focused

Speaking of work, a coach is going to keep you focused. It’s easy to get off topic and scattered when you’re running a business or starting your business, but a coach will help define and keep you laser focused on what actions will have the most effect on your overall development as a leader and on the business’s bottom line. A coach can provide you with the crucial structure you need to be the most productive and to start learning to decipher things that are urgent from things that are important. You will be able to lean on a coach’s judgment and experience to move forward in the best discernable path toward your intended outcome and picture of success.

Coaches Will Keep You Accountable

One thing that is easy to do when you’re a busy professional is to allow yourself excuses for not accomplishing the results you want. Maybe you’re “too tired” to do that extra degree of work or you’re “too busy” to stay organized and so you’ll let things slip for yourself. Well, there are no excuses with a coach. If you don’t do the work and make your deadlines on your own, you may just keep letting yourself slip. It’s natural, human behavior and for the most part we all do it. However a good coach isn’t going to allow that kind of sloppy behavior. They’re going to demand that you stay responsible and accountable for your side of the work necessary for success. If you slip up, a good coach is going to call you on it or they’re going to help you structure your time and routines differently to avoid pitfalls in the future. And if you slip up too much, beware, because a great coach might even drop you from their program if they feel you aren’t committed to your own success as much as they are. A great coach won’t want to waste their time on a client that isn’t motivated and trying. It’s a two way street and that accountability can really light a fire under you to get things done.

So while a coach may cost you monetarily up front, the value and leverage a great coach can provide you with will pay off big time in the long run.

 

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