Category Archives: Life Coaching

Life coaching is a future-focused practice with the aim of helping clients determine and achieve personal goals.

Coaching is unlike therapy because it does not focus on examining nor diagnosing the past. Instead coaching focuses on effecting change in a client’s current and future behavior. Additionally, life coaching does not delve into diagnosing mental illness or dysfunction.

According to a survey of coaching clients, “sounding board” and “motivator” were the top roles selected for a coach. Clients are looking for a coach “to really listen to them and give honest feedback.” The top three issues in which clients seek help are time management, career and business.

The Problem with Traditional Dating

By Life Coach Reid Walley | Published: August 29, 2010
Traditional dating has always been a form of slimy used car salesperson’s bait-and-switch mixed with a too-good-to-be-true job interview.
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How Weird Are You? And Other Zappos Interview Questions

By Life Coach Reid Walley | Published: August 29, 2010
Zappos.com’s Core Values (video excerpt): Deliver WOW Through Service Embrace and Drive Change Create Fun and a Little Weirdness Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded Pursue Growth and Learning Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit Do More with Less Be Passionate and Determined Be Humble All which you [...]
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People who have “issues” may feel the need to vomit them all over you!

By Life Coach Reid Walley | Published: August 27, 2010
Agreement #2: Don’t Take Anything Personally. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom BookDon Miguel Ruiz
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Public Speaking Can Be a Lucrative Path to More Business!

By Life Coach Reid Walley | Published: August 26, 2010
Give a speech. Win a client. As simple—or even scary—as that formula sounds, a host of entrepreneurs have found that conquering public speaking can be the route to more contacts and customers. Impressing people with your expertise at a conference, in a classroom or over the radio can sometimes win more business than making sales [...]
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Tim Ferriss – How Authors Really Make Money

By Life Coach Reid Walley | Published: August 23, 2010
The Rebirth of Seth Godin and Death of Traditional Publishing: How Authors Really Make Money http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2010/08/23/seth-godin-and-print-publishing/ Bonus: Tim Ferriss, author of #1 New York Times Bestseller “The 4-Hour Workweek” and Ramit Sethi, New York Times best-selling author of “I Will Teach You To Be Rich,” in video at end of post.
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