This was the best coaching video I have see to date. The information is even better than a lot of the information I obtained in my paid for Certification program. Thanks. I must watch again.
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Thanks Sean for your wonderful videos! I have learned a lot from you and have recommended this channel to several people! Keep up the good work! Good point about metaphors. They can be really powerful. I often ask the client to explain what kind of metaphor would describe their current situation (in addition to actually talking about it in real-life terms). Then I ask them to provide more details about it to make it really vivid (use all rep systems if possible) and listen to their reasoning and make observations (great way for uncovering beliefs & key words). Assuming that the goal has been crystallized already, then you can ask what kind of metaphor would describe the ideal situation they would like to be in (relative to their goal). Then ask for example: What would be one change or step that would help them move from their current metaphor state to the target metaphor state? (rince & repeat). Past memories and experiences of the client are a treasure chest full of useful states and emotions than can be used when supporting the client to design ways to shift towards the target. This helps you to operate in the metaphor world without direct real world connection in order to identify high level patterns, beliefs and obstacles. This can be particularly useful if the client is somehow evasive or there are fears or uncovered obstacles that haven't been yet said aloud. Use the client's terminology and abstract concepts and dig deeper so that they can explain their abstract concepts. This is often the place when "aha" moments take place. Building on these abstract concepts you can then support the client so that they can improve their beliefs, habits, key behavioral patterns (version "2.0" of the client) and plan concrete actions that will help them to reach the goal faster. Future pacing (NLP pattern) is also very powerful when you ask the client to explain how exactly they will a) identify the trigger, b) do X in the very near future according to their new approach.
Hi Sean, Thanks for sharing your knowledge here. Lately I am following you, please could you elaborate on point 9. I didn’t get that one. Thanks and Regards
For your last point... I had a coach. I had to nix working with him. He was threatened by me becoming a coach and his coaching became very... let's just say I had less quality and he went from asking 20 bucks to 80 bucks. The price is not really the point. The point is more the quality of his coaching. Also, at the end of it he sent me a "threatening" email telling me that I would not take his clients from him ..and good luck "I could not have continued to work with you anyway! I never coached you so you could become a coach only to take my clients." Hm, I have 1 client in months. This woman does not even know him. I feel like I have had more value from watching your videos than I have from him since I became a coach. (I had originally hired him because I was down after my separation... now that I have worked through my divorce and had a kidney removed, brain surgery, and a brain bleed this summer... he seems to be threatened because I found my niche through these experienced and while losing my uncle last fall... and watching how some family members dealt with it. All of this to say, when it comes to finding a coach to help me grow as a coach myself it makes me slightly unsure where to turn. This is partially why I have began to post to your videos. I have been following you for quite some time now - nearly a year and a half before actually writing you. Well anyway, Thank you, thank you, thank you again Sean! (I just started to ramble! hah!)
