How can you benefit from a growth mindset as a life coach?

Everything is Feedback, everything! When we can take the Negative, Positive and Neutral as a feedback loop towards our Growth we practice Growth Mindset! This is obviously easier said than done, hence we call it a practice instead of a innate skill some people have and other don’t!

I am all about pushing the limits. Every quarter I attend some retreat/event that expands my growth and I am constantly adding to my morning and daily routine. Morning routine consists of: 1. Journaling 2. Meditation 3. Cold shower 4. Sound frequencies 5. Gratitude List 6. Visualization 7. Excercise 8. Reading 9. Affirmations 10. Text/email someone to tell them how much I appreciate them

Life is a classroom and we are the students. There is always room for growth. There is always more to learn as the world, and we along with it, are always evolving. If we are not evolving and growing, we are actually moving backwards, not just staying still according to the laws of physics. I love learning new skills and modalities....it inspires me and in turn, inspires my clients.

What kind of life coach would I be without a growth mindset? It's putting the cart before the horse to engage in that career without the skills to grow yourself and others. If you cannot harness the ability to find success, seek it out, grow what's required, and be accountable when you can't, please find another path. Growth mindset is not optional.

One thing I have found helpful is working with clients is the concept that it's not personal! Very often the coaches I coach will take it personally if a client leaves, or doesn't get the desired results. Very often we can give our clients our best strategies and ideas, but if they have unconscious blocks or limiting beliefs, they may sabotage their coaching. Or at the very least, not get the optimal result...until they do more mindset work! When you understand this, the clients success or results are not about you. You see where the client is on the journey and can trust that you did the best you could. Resilience comes because you know your gifts and don't let something outside of you make your confidence waver.

We can’t just read and learn Resilience from the articles like this and think we got it! We develop Resilience on the Field of Play getting our “hands dirty“, shirt sweaty, making mistakes and overcoming them!

I completely agree with not taking it personal (a client leaving or not achieving maximum results). Not all clients are coachable. Many do not understand the work involved and think that once they write the check, the work is magically done. This, as we know, is not the case.

Try this exercise w your clients. Say to them, "I'm going to demonstrate your fixed mindset. I'm going to share a quote that you've never heard before. 'If you give a person a fish, you feed them for a day; if you teach them to fish, you feed them for a lifetime.' Hmm, feeling like a smartypants and thinking you know that quote and I'm an idiot? Well your fixed mindset made you impatient and you jumped to conclusions because of it. The complete quote is, 'If you give a person a fish, you feed them for a day; if you teach them to fish, you feed them for a lifetime. But if you teach them to learn, you feed them for a lifetime and they don't have to just eat fish!' Gotcha!"

1. Cleanse yourself 2. Understsnd 3. Ephathy 4. Make sure you walked in those shoes 5. This is not about US, it is about a person in pain. REMEMBER WHAT IS OUR CALLING. THE END.