A friend of mine, Aaron Janx, recently posted something on Facebook that made me chuckle. He wrote: 

"If your coach believes in magic then you should run. Just saying."

I agree. 

I laughed because it reminded me of an experience that I had when I was a rookie coach.  

Back then I hired a "business coach" who I'll call "Magic Mike" because he believed in magic (that's not his real name, nor is he a stripper).

Magic Mike sounded great on paper, but I soon discovered he was way too "woo-woo" for my tastes. 

After working together for a month with no results to show for it, I was frustrated and asked him what else I should be doing. 

Magic Mike responded: "Marc, I want you to visualize for an extra hour every day. I think that's the issue" 

He then had me do some strange breathing exercise and imagine a tennis ball was in my stomach - and then mentally shrink it into a ping pong ball (I kid you not). 

I'm more of a "meat and potatoes"/"tell-me-what-I-have-to-do-and-I'll-do it" kinda guy. I let him know I already did visualizing (and journalling, and vision boards), so I was looking for something else. 

I wanted actionable strategies, but Magic Mike was clueless in that regard. 

Although hiring him cost me some time and money, it wasn't all a waste since I learned what *not* to do with my clients. I remembered how I felt being covered in gobs of woo-woo and I told myself that I wouldn't be that type of coach. 

So if you're looking for a law of attraction or manifestation wizard to work with, I'm not your guy ... 

But if you want to get coaching clients without all the magic and fluff, you can work with me here: 

Marc