At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio a world class assessment is used to begin the coaching journey, whether for youth, young adults, our military veterans transitioning to a new chapter of their life, an adult or a team. It is important to understand the basics of the results of the assessment so it may be used to its greatest potential. Included here is a review of the key terms, their meanings and importance, as well as relevant concepts to help individuals and teams use resources to their fullest both short term and long term as well.
When working with Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio, the coaching journey starts with sharing some foundational knowledge in order to optimize the overall coaching journey. When results of the assessment are produced and shared this is when the education begins. It is important for a client to understand the process and the key components. To begin with the Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio steps include an overview of results. Clients can often be confused without this overview and question and answer time. One of the initial concepts includes understanding what a talent is versus a strength. A talent is simply a natural ability, the way one is wired and something which is done easily by a person. It might also be an innate way of thinking or feeling – a filter built into a person. However, just because this talent might be part of a person’s makeup, for it to become a strength in a person’s life will require some energy. Each person must invest in their talents to grow them into strengths by spending time and energy developing that particular talent, learning more and building up their knowledge in that area. Although that particular talent might come easy to that person, it does not necessarily mean it will magically be a strength in that person’s life. At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio a client will be guided through their personal results and instructed on how to follow certain steps to see this growth come to fruition. Like any strength training or growth, such as mastering an instrument, this process takes work. But it is straightforward and my simple although not necessarily easy. It will take focus and commitment which is a decision the client must make for themself. The rewards, however, can be exponential and truly help someone move forward toward living out their potential and a full, joy-filled life. At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio this sound understanding and commitment is the starting point to the coaching journey.
So when Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio initiates the coaching journey with the client assessment results are used as a tool to ramp up a person’s awareness of their own wiring and gain insights on how to grow personally moving forward toward becoming the best version of themselves. When results are reviewed, it is made clear these are neither positive or negative; they simply are the results. Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio helps a client make the most of how they are uniquely wired, focusing on the main talents a person possesses. This approach is considered development based on strengths versus an alternative and often misunderstood method of “fixing” a person’s weaknesses. This will rarely, if ever, produce recognizable fruit but instead might lead to frustration and weariness in the part of the client. Talents which are not a person’s primary wheelhouse are simply not areas where that person will thrive. They might invest and practice all they choose, but it will be a struggle and is likely to take an emotional toll on an individual.
At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio related topic clients work through is what is called blind spots. These are not necessarily weaknesses but instead a component of a person’s individual talent which might be considered a challenge or potentially negative should it not be managed. It is a behavior where a person might not have full awareness that when they exhibit the behavior related to a talent is misunderstood. For example, if a person has a talent in the area of achievement where they have a great capacity to get things done, possess much stamina to keep at it until whatever they are focused on is complete, well this is likely considered a positive thing. However, if a person is unaware that this is simply how they are personally wired and not every other person has this talent, they might intimidate another as well as put expectations on someone who simply is not made up that way. Through reflection and self awareness and seeking to understand those around them and supporting and encouraging others to bring to the table their own natural talents, well this approach is sure to produce better results as well as enhanced relationships. What results from investing in understanding not only ourselves but those around us brings an opportunity to tap unlimited potential.
Some of these basics Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio shares with clients help to make the most out of the coaching journey. These foundational concepts are building blocks on the journey to help a individuals and teams launch into a space they might never thought was possible. It is natural for most to be interested in things all about themselves. And this is important as this is the first step in the coaching process. The exponential positive impact comes when we not only understand ourselves better but then apply what is being learned beyond themselves – to teammates, friends, and family. As a person’s own talents are understood and invested in, a confidence in themselves is built and often a curiosity to understand others better follows. At Live on Purpose | Life Coaching – life coaching San Antonio it is an honor to help on the coaching journey and watch the growth which is inevitable with a client’s commitment and focus.