Is your life in balance? Is your business in balance? What areas could benefit most from personal development right now? Do you have the level of belief that you need? In all areas? Where should you focus? This is sometimes hard to pin point. Coaching can be an important resource for network marketers or for anyone who wants to experience personal and business growth. building bielief in yourself and your company are paramount

Coaching for Network Marketers (and Others)

Network Marketing is an area that requires you to develop new skills and maintain a high level of personal development for success. Your belief system is critical. In all areas. Having a guide can help.

It's all about YOU

When you enter into a coaching relationship, YOU are the person it is all about. Who you are and who you want to be. What you want in your life. How far and how fast you go is up to you. You are the one who does the work and experiences the personal growth.

Growth means Change

Coaching is for people who are looking for a change in their life or in their network marketing business. They are committed to personal development. Committed to excellence. They seek balance. Often they have already made great transformations but just don't know what to approach next.

If you want positive shifts in your home life or career, you need to begin with focus on one or two areas and develop a rock solid belief structure in those areas. You need to build your belief in yourself and build belief in your network marketing business. Choosing where to start stops some people dead in their tracks.

Coaching Strategy: Wheel of Life

Here is a quick, simple assessment procedure which will quickly point out what areas of your life or business and belief structure could use some personal growth or coaching. You can get started on your own for immediate results.

First, take out a piece of paper and draw a circle on it. Next draw 2 lines through the circle, cutting the circle in half vertically and horizontally. Next draw 2 diagonal lines cutting those quarters in half. You have a pie with 8 pieces.

Label each section of the pie:

1. Romance/Relationships
2. Career
3. Finances
4. Health and Wellness
5. Personal Development/Spirituality
6. Community/Family
7. Fun and Recreation
8. Physical Surroundings

Now assess each area in terms of how satisfied you are with that part of your life and mark it in the appropriate section. 0 is where the lines intersect in the center, 10 is on the circle. 0 would be bottom of the barrel, can't get much worse. 10 would be top of the game-can't get any better that this.

Draw a line across the pie slice at the assessment level for each category. Connect the lines.

What does your wheel look like? Are you having a smooth ride? Are you at the level you want to be? Do you have some 2's or 3's that need drastic attention? Or some 7 or 8's that could be a 10 with a little awareness?

Whatever your numbers, where could some personal growth enhance your network marketing business and bring more balance and fulfillment to your life?

You Choose

Choose what most needs attention. What could you address in your network marketing or other business that would impact your life right now. If nothing stands out, do the previous exercise again. Use categories relating to your area of focus. If you can't decide what is most important use this Priority Setting exercise.

Suppose you make lots of money (finances a 10 )but your career area is a 6. Use the circle categories to dissect your career area. How is it affecting your health? Relationships, Personal Development, fun, etc. What area is pulling it down? You may want to change some of the categories. Is your work meaningful? Are you spending hours commuting? Do you feel isolated, out of touch. Do you need more support?

Tiny Steps

Once you have identified an area of concern, choose one or two small steps you can take this week to begin a shift. Maybe you feel your job is meaningless; that you need a different career. That is ok-but quitting what you are doing could cause more stress instead of less.

What tiny steps could start moving you in a new direction? How about committing to spend one hour a week exploring what would provide meaning to your life/career. What you love to do? Use some evaluation techniques. Research what kinds of options are available. Just one hour a week.

And choose a step that would make next week more meaningful right where you are. How about finding one person or situation at work where you can bring a kind or helpful thought. One kind word. Or a smile. You can make a difference now.

Coaching=Accountability

Now tell someone what you are committed to doing and make a plan to check in with them in a week to report your success.

Moving toward those changes you wish to see can start with the first tiny steps you came up with today. Being able to recognize where your life or netwokr marketing business is out of balance gives you the opportunity to take meaningful action. You now have an assessment tool to help you determine what area to focus on for your most valuable and timely personal development.

For an individual consultation, contact Claire.