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focus on the positive of any situation. They get their “high” from
doing this.
This is a behavior that anyone can emulate; it's vital to your
coachee's success to think and recall positive moments their life
so they can continually build on them.

Chart Your Course
Here's where a lot of the coaching takes place, you'll be working
with your coachees on the topic that they've chosen.
Obviously, you'll be asking a lot of questions trying to help them
move forward towards his goals.

Creating Opportunities
What does your coachee need to move forward?
You're helping them figure out what specific opportunities exist
or they can create to accomplish their goals.

Expectations and Commitments
What does your coachee expect to achieve?
Personal change requires action and a commitment to action.
You cannot expect someone to change, unless they're committed
to change, which means taking action.

Synergy
How is the energy between what your coachees have chosen to
do and how they feel about doing them?
If it's not congruent, they're going to have a hard time changing.
A big reason why people end up not doing what they've
committed to do, is because they don't really feel all that good
about doing something else...perhaps they feel a lot better doing
what they've always done.
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