Without a Client, are You a Coach? - a podcast by Jos Willard

If you don’t have a client, are you really a coach? Is being a coach part of who you are, or is it just something that you do? The existential dilemma of being a coach without clients is something you may have pondered before, and people have varying answers depending on how their occupation influences their identity.

Today, I explore the concept of identity and where it comes from. I share how and if you should avoid taking the coach’s role into your personal life and whether you can still call yourself a coach if you don’t have clients. I also ponder whether it matters if you have clients or not if you identify as a coach and whether it would change who you are as a person if you had to work in an alternative career.

“If you place your identity in your occupation, it can become very difficult to step out of that and interact with other humans in a different way .” - Jos Willard

This week on Profit for Coaches:

• The question of identity and understanding where it comes from
• Whether you should avoid falling into the role of a coach in your personal life
• Pondering if you have to have clients to call yourself a coach
• Would doing something other than coaching change who you are
• The FREE eBook you can access today!

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin

Our Favorite Quotes:

• “If all you ever do is show up as a coach because that’s what you are, you might not have as rich a family life as you were expecting or hoping to have.” - Jos Willard
• “If you don’t have people willing to be coached by you, you’re not a coach, you’re not actively coaching.” - Jos Willard
• “Part of being a successful coach and a successful human is being willing to be wrong and knowing there is always more to learn and more to experience.” - Jos Willard

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