How to Coach Yourself and Others Techniques For Coaching | Page 378

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turn your sheet of paper sideways, and start with your central
theme in a bubble at the centre. Then draw lines branching out to
sub-themes and split those down until you get to specific actions

Neither is right with the other being wrong. They are just different
approaches, and either of them might be better for you. I like to use
either of them, depending on the situation.
Just note one thing – it’s important to drill down until you get to specific
actionable steps.
To give you a different example, when I was applying this to my life
coaching – “find out more about how to get life coaching clients” isn’t an
actionable step. It’s a wish.
On the other hand:
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e-mail Eddy and ask to look at his materials regarding getting new
clients
google “how to get more life coaching clients”
call up Chuck and ask him how he got his clients when he was
starting out

Are all actionable steps. When you look at them, you don’t need to do
any more thinking, you know exactly where to go and what to do. That’s
what you want to drill down to.
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Okay, time to get writing. Grab your piece of paper and pen, and get
ready.
In this step, I won’t be able to give you much guidance, because it
mostly comes down to you coming up with options. I’ll just throw out a
couple of questions that might push you in new directions of thought:
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Who could you ask for help or information?
Who in your life knows a lot about your chosen area to improve?
What phrases could you search for online to get some more ideas?

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