Focus on Goals and Future

Life Coaching The author of this report is asked to take a bit of source material from a certain author and then try to define and quantify what it means to be a life coach. This would include what to do, what not to do and why. Methods that work will be seized on while methods that do not work will be eschewed. There is a science and a proper method to being a good life coach and this report shall focus on all of that and more.

While some people are confused about what it means to be a good life coach, there are obvious and even apparent things that can and should be done. A major focus of any life coach and, by extension, the client of a life coach is to focus on solutions in terms of overall approach. Indeed, a life coach is going to be focused on solutions.

As explained by the author of the reference for this report, there needs to be a focus on language including what is said, why it is said and how it is said. With a solution-based approach, there is also going to be a modicum and amount of respect that should always exist and blossom. A life coach is going to use "vivid" terms that are positive and place the movement in the right direction.

Life coaches can and should focus less on traditional problem solving and more on positivity and solutions. Focusing too much on the past and who was to blame and why can lead to bogging down and this can lead to failure (Schlundt-Bodien, 2011). When it comes to a solution-based approach, there are a couple of assumptions that can and should be in place. First of all, there is not a huge need to analyze and diagnose problems to find solutions to the problem.

Secondly, there should be a vivid description of the desired future and how the changes that lead to this future can be undertaken. Third, there is an assumption that the problem will fluctuate in intensity and scope. What worked in the past and what did not will be focused on as this is the best way to achieve success in the future. Fourth, small positive steps are sometimes necessary to create bigger and better change as the days, weeks and years roll on from the starting point for a change.

Fifth, and finally, there should always be a preference for internal solutions rather than external ones. In other words, a life coach is going to focus on what works, starting with small victories and keeping solutions to problems as localized and easy as possible because this will give the best chance of ensuring success (Schlundt-Bodien, 2011). A good life coach should also let the client lead the way to a solution whenever possible. Sure, there are times will the life coach will need to do a little poking and prodding.

However, this should not be done when the client is able and willing to do things on their own. There needs to be a focus on the future and goals that are realistic. They have to be goals that.