A debate in the coaching world:

Does a coach have to have achieved something to be able to help a client achieve that same goal?

For example, should a fitness coach be extremely healthy?

Does a weight loss coach have to have lost a lot of weight in the past to help clients do the same?

Should a relationship coach have a long track record in a successful relationship to be credible?

Does a business coach have to have earned 6-figures to help a client do the same? What about 7-figures?

Both sides of the debate make credible arguments.

There are plenty of successful coaches (or speakers and authors) who prove that you can do well even if there's a disconnect with your past and what you're helping people with today.

For example, Barbara De Angelis has been divorced a number of times (7 or 8 times, I believe) but she's still a big name in the relationship space and has done very well.

But if I had to put my money on one coach or the other, I'd go with the one who has achieved what they're helping others with.

I remember hearing Grant Cardone say that he doesn't say that he can help people become billionaires, because he's not a billionaire. He's comfortable creating millionaires because he is one ... but not billionaires.

 

Anyhoo - June's "Best-of" issue of Secret Coach Club heads to the printer tomorrow night, so the clock is ticking on grabbing this special double-sized one ...

 

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Marc Mawhinney