How do you get from point A to point B in your life? I hope that it is not by sitting there waiting for life to hand your next action step to you on a golden platter. What you need to do is take action and that action works of a little ideal called “faith”. In order for coaches as well as clients to move in the direction they want in their life, movement forward is needed. This can be an all in jump off a cliff, or baby steps but in order to accomplish anything in life, progressing to the next level has to happen. There is every excuse under the sun out there as to the reason why not to take the first step. These excuses might be:

• Fear of the unknown
• Low self confidence
• Poor self belief
• Unstable support system

With the help of faith and knowing in your heart that you are taking that step, only good things can come from it.

As coaches, it is our responsibility to take our clients hand and walk them down that path of the unknown to help them take that first step in faith. We can consider ourselves the “bungee cord” for our clients. If they fall and don’t make it, we can bounce them right back to see what went wrong and assess the situation. Just always let your clients know that failure is not a bad thing. In fact, failure is a great thing if it is learned from. This is where I see a lot of clients get frustrated. I’ve seen coaches that don’t know how to handle failure for themselves or their clients and then they end up losing those clients. It seems like a simple discipline but the meat and potatoes of this discipline are very difficult to master.

Action plans to help your clients stay motivated and have the confidence to take that first step forward in faith.

• Read Biographies- you will find that anyone that has been successful has had to take a step in faith one time or another.
• Continuing reassurance through affirmations and mediation. Below are some affirmations that you can give to yourself in live mediation or self-hypnosis.
• Today I will be strong
• Today I will succeed
• From this point in my life, I will be successful
• I am just as capable, if not more so, than many who are already achieving success
• Today I will stay focused and on task
• Have a creative mind- sure we have our templates but think outside the box

The key is to “GET UP AND GET GOING”. Believe that you can do it and anything is possible.

Daniel Zimmerman is a graduate of FWI, an author of “The Seven Anchors’- The Common Sense, Beginners Guide for Success” and freelance contributor to many ezines and publications across the country. He is the founder of RPM Coaching and Research Group, www.rpmcoachinggroup.com.