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Is This Consulting? Coaching? Or Is It Mentoring?
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Although people consult me, I generally think of myself as a mentor. Many people think of a consultant as someone who comes in for a week or two, tells you what to do and then leaves – whereas I want to be your trusted, long-term confidant. No-one knows your business better than you, and I'm sure you don't want a consultant telling you what to do. I find out what you want, then team up with you to make that happen. And, I stay with you until we get the job done.
Coaching involves applying certain coaching techniques, and a coach typically offers a hands-on approach to help and guide you.
In contrast, my clients like my hands-off "mentor" approach.
I see personal consulting – or mentoring – as "two minds being better than one." A business consultant is not an expert in your particular business – an expert in your business wouldn't mentor you, anyway. My job is to help you become stronger and more capable. With that extra strength and capability, I help you find your own solutions. That is what real mentoring is, in my opinion, not doing it for you, not trying to teach you what you already know, but creating the environment in which you can do it better. Just like a sports coach.
Basically, no-one wants to be coached!
From the time you started tying your own shoelaces, your parents encouraged you to be independent. You had some classwork at school, but mostly you were graded on your own efforts. Then you got a job, most likely, and, although you were expected to work in a team, they still judged you on your individual efforts.
When you started your own business, you became fully self reliant. Everything now rests on your shoulders. Everyone looks to you for direction. You are expected to know everything, and you face the world alone. No wonder being coached doesn't feel natural!
Yet, everyone can use a mentor.
This is why I mentor my clients. Being the fantastic, independent person you are, you will want to play your own game. What you gain from me as your mentor is that I can stand aside from you and give you feedback and advice on your individual efforts. It's rather like I'm in a helicopter watching you make your way through the forest of your daily life. Not being caught up in every detail, I can see further. As long as you have told me where you are going, I can help you get there better from "the helicopter" than being on the ground with you. And, I promise to be there for the long haul to make sure you reach your goal.
Does that make sense? (Yes, it does! Let's do it!)
Overwhelmed?
I used to be a workaholic! I bet you feel like that, sometimes, don't you? Or, all the time, maybe? Uptight and intense! Overwhelmed! Always chasing money! Ridiculously long hours! I felt I was under constant pressure. Now I set my own pace, make my own rules, have more free time, and still get more done. In learning how I went from one to the other, I realized I could help other people do that, too.
Get ready to discover a different approach to life, business and money, where you will take charge – where you will play a bigger game on your own terms – and win! Wouldn't now be a good time to take control of your business — and your life?
Yes it is, Frederick. I'm ready to get started, NOW!
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