The Three Responsibilities of a Coach
by Sueños on 02/10/17
The question I get asked the most often is, "So what does a coach do?" And to be honest it can be a hard question to answer because there are so many things a coach DOES do. To sum everything up into one concise sentence seems difficult, as often it seems in doing so I leave out other key aspects of the profession. So rather than provide a botched definition, I thought I'd write a blog post about it!
A Coach Asks the Right Questions
It is so easy to get stuck in our habits, that sometimes we forget to well...THINK. We can get so caught up in doing what is expected of us, that we forget to do what we want to do. That's where a coach comes in. They help you stay focused on your dreams, by asking you the right questions. In doing this a coach makes sure that your behavior is always synchronized with achieving your goals, and that you aren't straying from your path.
A Coach Helps You Build Skills
Energy Focused Living (EFL) is the method all Los Sueños Institute coaches use to help their clients develop their dreams into reality. This can only be done by long term changes in perception, which all fundamentally begins with the way we perceive stimulus. A coach is there to give you the tools to help facilitate this change, with the long term goal of eliminating rumination from your life.
A Coach Sees Through Your Fears
There's a metaphor Los Sueños Institute likes to use for this role, and I think it describes it best. It's 30 seconds in the last quarter of a football game, and you're behind by two points. You are the quarterback, and you're 10 yards from the in zone. The whistle blows and there's a cacophony of colliding shoulder pads, grunts, and torn-up turf. Out of the corner of your eye you see a 265-pound lineman break free and barrel towards you at full pace. Your heart races the closer he comes, and you decide there's no time to for a pass. You begin to sprint towards the end zone, but it's too late the living mountain is already on top of you. That night when you hit the locker room your coach catches up to you and says, "How did you miss Ramirez in the End Zone? He was wide open."
When we are in the moment our fear (265-pound line backer) keeps us from assessing a situation with clarity. A coach has the advantage of seeing your situation with a total, unbiased perspective. From this distance a coach is able to assist you in finding a solution to life's conflicts.
So there you have it, a coaches ultimate goal is to help you build your dream. They do this by eliminating your fears, and helping you stay focused on what it is you're trying to achieve. They help you find solutions to obstacles, and they help you develop the tools to do it on your own. A coach is here to help you create the life you've always dreamed of, all you have to do is take the first step.
This is a guest blog from one of our coaches Diego-Andreas. If you like this post, and want to see more like it, check out his blog at www.wonderingintomyself.com
