The Life Coach Manifesto v1.1

Wed, Mar 7, 2007

1) Believe in people.

See them better than they see themselves.

2) You are no better than the people you coach.

Walk with them shoulder by shoulder. You’re both on the same path.

3) Skill doesn’t change people. Love changes people.

All the skills in the world aren’t worth a dime if you don’t care.

4) You still need skill.

Effective coaching is not an accident.

5) You don’t change people. People change themselves.

You can show them the door, but they’re the ones who walk through it.

6) The most important person you coach is you.

Do your best to walk the talk and lead the way.

7) Your client is a magnificent being, and so are you.

Alvin Soon - who has written 457 posts on Life Coaches Blog.

Alvin is the founder of Life Coaches Blog and has been a coach for individuals and personal development seminars. He now writes full-time.

4 Comments For This Post

Alvin, that’s a great list. I’d like to see your list on how you coach yourself. Maybe you could do a post on that sometime.

Alvin~

I LOVE this article…short and simple. So many people talk about coaching in such a complicated woo-woo way…THIS is why and how we do what we do.

Thanks for that…I’ll be referring back to this from my blog soon!

Kammie K.

Thanks Kammie! I enjoyed writing it.

Short and simple is definitely something I’ve been aiming to achieve for a long time

Great set of points. And #5 is so true.

Dave Says:
March 7th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
Alvin, that’s a great list. I’d like to see your list on how you coach yourself. Maybe you could do a post on that sometime.
Kammie Says:
March 10th, 2007 at 8:23 pm
Alvin~

I LOVE this article…short and simple. So many people talk about coaching in such a complicated woo-woo way…THIS is why and how we do what we do.

Thanks for that…I’ll be referring back to this from my blog soon!

Kammie K.
Alvin Soon Says:
March 11th, 2007 at 1:59 am
Thanks Kammie! I enjoyed writing it.

Short and simple is definitely something I’ve been aiming to achieve for a long time
Andrew Says:
March 12th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Great set of points. And #5 is so true.

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