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:
