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We all have dreams, aspirations, and desires to be something larger than current life. Whether it is personal or professional, we want to be more for ourselves and those around us.

Getting a handle on those dreams, holding them high and setting a course for making them come true seems to be where many of us begin to grind to a painful halt. That creates a sense of failure and causes aspirations to be shelved labeled as too big, unachievable, or simply….out of reach.

There is nothing better than the sense of fulfillment when one of these grandiose ideas comes into reality. You can only imagine how someone like Barack Obama must feel when he gets a quiet moment to sit back, reflect, and smile, yes smile about his dream coming true. He dreamed he could be President and with a lot of help he achieved it. It is the kind of smile you can actually FEEL.

How do people like you, me, and Barack achieve these kinds of dreams? We need help. Someone to guide, direct, and channel those thoughts and help us to create a strategic path. There are never too many dreams, just not enough plans. This is where your Coach can come into play. They listen, record, learn, and understand what it is you want to achieve and then work with you to establish a specific, time lined path to success. They drive you to believe, hold you accountable to achieve, and their success is grounded in arriving at your biggest outcomes! Coaches live to help others achieve what they have always wanted to do and don’t feel complete until YOU have done everything you thought possible.

Some call them mentors, some call them friends, some call them Coaches. Whatever you call them find someone to help you write down your dreams and let them help you bring them to life so that you too can FEEL your next smile.

What do you think it takes to be a great Coach?

Tags: Coaching, Leadership, Swingley, goals, mentors

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Whether discussing sports, business, or personal life, "coaching" entails the application of tactics and strategies during the game, process, project, or contest itself, with the only goal being to achieve success. A good coach is a good mentor - never taking the lead, but rather through inquiry, leading questions, or a good use of real life examples - is able to guide a person into making meaningful, well thought-out decisions in order to succeed. Many coaches, also bear the responsibility of teaching the skills, rules and tactics involved to achieve success.
Again to use sports as an analogy, there is sometimes a need for a specialized coach or coaches to truly achieve the highest levels of success. For example, college or professional level football typically utilizes a head coach, and a cadre of specialty coaches (Defense, Offense, Quarterback, Special Teams, etc.), In the business world, finding a specialized coach can truly help fine tune some rough edges. To expound on the example, a successful business author in today's world must utilize websites, interactive quizzes, blogs, social media, etc. to reach as many followers as possible and maintain interaction. One who is a great business writer may not have a clue about how to manage these other tools. A specialized coach can be of great assistance - not providing content, but guiding the process towards overall success.

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