The Prisoner, The Postman, and the power of coaching
Coaching changed my life, and over the years I've had a front row seat to hear stories from many others who experienced the same. One of the most interesting ones came from two guys, Lewis Raymond Taylor and Liam James Collins, who called themselves "The Prisoner and...
Magic vs. Larry Bird
Every person requesting to join The Coaching Jungle Facebook group is asked: "What's the biggest challenge/frustration in your coaching business?" I read every answer, to keep my finger on the pulse of the coaching world and because I'm interested to see what coaches...
How the greatest songwriting duo in history almost never happened
Back in 1957, a band called The Quarrymen was playing at small parties and social events around England. If the name doesn't ring a bell, you probably know them by what they eventually became - The Beatles. Before hitting it big, The Quarrymen were struggling for...
3 ways to use the green-eyed monster to your advantage
This week I'm going to spend a few days talking about competition, and for today here's something directly related to it: Envy. A few years back I wrote an article for Entrepreneur.com about the green-eyed monster, and I thought it was a good time to dust it off for...
The surprising link between your home life and your business
Your home life and your business are strongly connected, and on today's new episode of "Natural Born Coaches" Jennifer Lamprey shares more about this. You'll learn: How to start identifying correlations between home life and business lifeThe way this correlation is...
How Mary got her 1:1 groove back
It's not uncommon for coaches to get burned out from doing 1:1 sessions. I've seen it happen often, and a lot of the guests that I've interviewed on my podcast have experienced it before. Rob Goyette was telling me about a client of his, Mary Schiller, who was one of...
Two things you’ll need to sell laser coaching
According to Rob Goyette, there are two essential ingredients to a successful promotion of a laser coaching program: 1) An irresistible offer 2) A warm audience that knows, likes and trusts you The first part goes without saying … If you're a business coach who...
The most attractive coaching offer you can make
Of all the offers that coaches can make, laser coaching is one of the most attractive. Because of how it's run (with short, 15-minute sessions instead of 1 or 2 hour long ones), you can offer it at a rate that will fit the budget of most of your marketplace … Despite...
When your phone makes the best sound in the world
Discovery calls can eat up a lot of time for coaches. It's not uncommon to spend hundreds of hours per year on the calls. And that's not including the time lost when people are no-shows or have to reschedule at the last minute. I've heard of coaches getting burned out...
Why I decided to jump into the laser coaching pool
Last year, I decided to make the jump and start offering a laser coaching package. Since then I've had the opportunity to work with a lot of clients this way, and am having fun with it. For a guy who's used to doing one hour coaching sessions, I was worried that 15...
