Written by: Jim McCoy

The Immense Value That Business Coaching And Executive Coaching Offers

Business coaching is one of the most important things to invest in for your company. It’s a good idea to hire a coach who does not work for you or your company, as they’ll be unbiased and able to think critically about your business and how you can improve it. Many companies are now offering executive coaching programs to their employees. What does this mean for you?

Coaching is a form of counseling that helps individuals improve their performance at work or school. Executive coaching is becoming more common in businesses because it allows them to get better results from employees. In addition to improving employee productivity, it also improves company culture and morale.

There are different types of coaches in business who can help your organization achieve its goals. Here’s what they do:

  1. Performance Improvement Coach – This coach focuses on helping individuals improve their performance at work. They may offer advice about how to change habits, manage stress, deal with difficult situations, etc.
  2. Leadership Development Coach -This type of coach works with leaders to develop their leadership skills to lead others effectively.
  3. Organizational Change Coach – This coach works with organizations to help them make changes to reach their goals. They might help them implement new policies, create new procedures, or train new staff members.
  4. Career Transition Coach – These coaches focus on helping people transition into new careers. They may help with resume writing, interviewing skills, job search strategies, etc.
  5. Personal Life Coach -These coaches help clients find solutions to problems such as depression, anxiety, relationship issues, career transitions, etc.
  6. Spiritual Coach -Spiritual coaching involves working with someone who wants to live a spiritual life. It’s not just about religion; it’s about finding meaning in life. Clients often want to know how to balance spirituality and work.

What are the benefits that executive and business coaching offers?

A business coach will help you reach your goals faster than you would have on your own. They’ll be able to provide you with the advice and motivation you need to grow your business and reach the higher levels of success you are aiming for.

Business coaching will help you avoid making critical mistakes that could cost your company money and time. When you are leading a team, it’s easy to get carried away by the stress of running a business and forget about how your actions affect others. Your coach will be able to help you step back and examine what’s going on more objectively to minimize the impact of the inevitable missteps.

As leaders, we know that our employees are our greatest resources. A coach can help improve employee satisfaction by providing training and motivation that encourage employees to do their best work and feel valued in their positions. Are you looking for a life coach in Miami? Regardless of where you are located, you are in the right place. Full Life Institute offers business and executive coaching online. We understand that every individual has their own story and challenges, so we work with each client individually to help them reach their goals.

Our services are tailored to your specific needs. We have tailored our coaching packages to meet each client’s specific needs. Our executive coaching packages are designed to assist you in achieving your goals and objectives and improving your communication and leadership skills.

We also offer business coaching packages designed to get you to where you want to go and get you there fast. After working with us, our goal is that entrepreneurs will be able to implement the strategies they learn in our programs into their businesses to grow and scale quickly.

 

Motivational Coaching: What Can It Teach Me About Progress?

Nowadays, men are constantly striving to be perfect in every aspect of their lives. Perfectionism is a very high bar to reach, which normally makes you lose sight of your everyday progress.

Motivational coaching teaches men how to embrace their day-to-day progress rather than working towards reaching perfection.

 

What is Perfectionism?

Perfectionism can be described as a habit of setting very high goals that cannot be achieved or can only be achieved with great struggle.

Perfectionists see themselves as failures when they have not been able to meet certain set standards. Their perception is as a result of having fear of being judged for failing, and therefore without assistance from an empowerment coach, they become depressed.

Using a motivational life coaching mentor is fundamental when someone needs to set achievable goals to track his progress and maintain a healthy mental state. A good coach can help you understand that perfectionism has the potential to be the highest form of self abuse.

Motivational coaching also helps men not give up on their goals as they may feel discouraged along the way when faced with challenges. When you work with a coach committed to your success, you can avoid the typical traps that are inevitable along the way.

As mentor coaches, at the Full Life Institute, we aim at being present with our clients by focusing on asking questions without bias or judgment that encourages deeper understanding about the typical ways perfectionism can keep one from ultimately experiencing the progress they seek.

 

What is Progress?

Progress is defined as the forward movement toward a goal. Progress is a simple concept that most men do not acknowledge.

A progressive mindset allows a man to feel pleased even when there is room for improvement. Having an inspirational coach helps you to remain optimistic by guiding you on personal development while empowering you to achieve your goals.

 

Why Choose Progress and Not Perfectionism

You will learn that perfectionism is the enemy of success through a motivational life coach, and progress makes it easier and more fun to reach your goals. Here are some of the benefits of having a progressive mind.

 

How To Stop Perfectionism From Controlling Your Life

 

Re-adjusting your relationship concerning failure and mistakes is important for your mental health.

At Full Life Institute, our motivational coaching helps you to distinguish between failure and negligence. A motivational life coach defines the need to be able to empower you to learn from your failures and grow from them, while preventing you from the trap of becoming a self-defeating perfectionist.

How a Life Coach Can Help You Exceed Expectations With Personal Growth

If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, “What do I want out of life?” or “What’s holding me back?”, “how do I invest in my personal growth?” then a life coach can help you find the answers. A good coach will push you forward and help you discover your potential.

In other words, a life coach is like your personal trainer for everything except your physical fitness. (Although some of them are also health coaches who can guide in that area.)

Working with someone on a regular basis will help you focus and stay motivated as you work toward achieving your goals. Even better: When you hire a life coach, your accountability isn’t just to yourself — it’s to another person as well. That makes it more likely that you will actually achieve what you are setting out to do.

How we can help with your personal growth

If you’re looking for a life coach, there are plenty of options out there. But when it comes to finding a coach specifically tailored to your needs, you can’t go wrong with Full Life Institute.

The benefits of coaching include improved self-awareness, goal setting and motivation, overall confidence and clarity about your life’s direction. It also allows you to be more in control of your own destiny, which has its own benefits.”

Does It Just Pause At Personal Growth?

  1. Personal growth is important because it allows you to become more aware of your strengths and weaknesses. This can help you make better decisions in your relationships and career.
  2. Self-growth helps people change their behaviors or outlooks that hold them back from happiness and success in life. A coach can teach you how to manage stress better so that it doesn’t cause unnecessary problems in your relationships or career.
  3. A personal development coach can help people become more confident in themselves and better express their thoughts through writing or public speaking.
  4. Life coaching is a form of therapy assistance that helps people clarify their goals and set clear action steps to achieve them. It also helps them identify the obstacles that are holding them back from achieving their goals.
  5. The life coach will help you find the motivation to take action and provide support to help you overcome obstacles and exceed expectations.

What Does It Mean To Exceed  Expectations?

“Exceed expectations” means to go beyond what is required or expected. The term is often used as a goal-setting technique, where goals are set with a low probability of being achieved. By setting low appropriate goals, people will attempt to exceed them to reach a higher level of success.

A life coach can help you with personal growth by guiding you on how to get the most out of your life and be the best version of yourself. They can help you set goals, manage stress, and solve problems impacting your happiness.

If you are wondering how to get help with your self-growth plan, the answer lies in what a Life Coach can do for you. A good coach will help you identify things that are holding you back – whether it be something in your past or present that’s getting in the way of your future. They’ll also offer support and encouragement when you’re struggling to make changes, as well as guidance on what steps to take next.

Life coaches offer a special kind of support, one that’s deeply personal and appropriate for your individual needs and goals. So, whether you are a high-powered executive struggling to balance your professional and personal life or an aspiring entrepreneur trying to exceed expectations before the weekend arrives, hiring a life coach may be just the boost you need in growing in life.

 

What to Do When You Lose Passion for Life

Life is hard sometimes – we all have our burdens to carry, and we can sometimes lose our passion for life.

Very few people, if any, can escape this truth, and wounds tend to impact us regardless of whether we are aware of them or not.

The impact of our pain can be seen in how passionate about life we are, or the level of joy we exhibit, or even the depth of intimacy we share while connecting with others. Additionally, our passion for life can be seen in the sense of accomplishment we feel in our lives.

The ability to live our lives wholeheartedly and passionately is related to how free we feel and how much we think we have achieved. Deep pain, of course, affects all of us and affects how we connect with each other.

Whenever there is a significant wound in our lives, we can create false core beliefs, which limits our ability to develop tools that we would need to process other difficult experiences later on.

Any time we are wounded, we attach some of it to a lie that we tell ourselves. This can take the form of statements like “I do not have what it takes to handle this,” or “I am not worthy of being loved.”

When you don’t have the ability to process difficult events with clarity, it can make you avoid the feelings that come along with them. Eventually, like shaking a soda bottle, these feelings will erupt, and they can be destructive to our inner peace, our relationships, and even our livelihoods.

These eruptions are evidence of wounds and an inability to connect with each other deeply, authentically, and meaningfully.

The process of deep healing needs you to be in a safe and healthy environment and with people you can trust around you.

Time and again, exploring and understanding some of these truths has proven to be the only way you can reclaim your life and live a life you were meant to live.

Unlikely Teachers in our Lives

Have you ever noticed that certain traits or behaviors in others cause a negative reaction in you? In most of those cases, we’d probably admit that our emotional response was disproportionate to the infraction.

When we take the time to explore this area of our lives, it can lead to greater personal growth.

Learning From What Upsets Us

I think most people that know me would say that I’m a pretty congenial type of guy. I continue to work on myself and that helps me to be understanding of others. But there are circumstances where I get upset very easily. The common occurrence of getting cut off in traffic or receiving poor customer service has a greater effect than it should. I perceive the event as significant disrespect and an outright injustice. I personalize it to my core.

There were parts of my upbringing I felt a tremendous lack of respect and an absence of validation. So when I experience an inconsiderate action, it takes me right back to that young place in me. I experience the injustice with the full force of emotions that surrounds that childhood wound.

Processing this allows me to understand and start healing this past area of my life. This in turn allows me to remain truer to the man I desire to be.

Understanding the Dynamic Conversely

Professionally, I have chosen to performing a project for less money than another equivalent opportunity.  I chose the project based on feeling valued and respected. The appreciation I felt, gave me a far greater sense of satisfaction than what the difference in compensation represented.

If we view sources of our reactions as teachers, we can actually experience a growth that improves our ability to move forward with a greater sense of freedom, peace and happiness. In the end, I think you have to admit that it’s a pretty fair trade.

You Are Not Alone

Just know you’re not alone.

We all have the habit of telling ourselves that everyone else is doing well and we’re the only one that’s struggling.

I’ve had the privilege of knowing many of men’s stories through several decades. And I’ve come to understand that despite the facade projected to the world, everyone is going through some form of struggle. So my heartfelt message to you is, hang in there, and where it’s safe to do so, share your battle with another.

Like the bottom side of a stone that has slimy moss, when flipped over and exposed to sunlight, it dries up, turns to dust and is blown away. The same is true about sharing your struggle with another trusted individual. Bringing it into the light, helps begin the cleansing and healing process.

You shouldn’t have to travel this journey alone without the encouragement, acceptance and love of another – whether it’s a coach, therapist or trusted friend. Seek a companion that can come along side of you and see you 100% as you are, with all the courage you are currently mustering each and every day.

At minimum, you owe yourself that!

Understanding Your WHY

Everyone of us has a WHY, a deep-rooted purpose, cause or belief that is the source of our passion and inspiration. You may not yet know what yours is or how to express it in words. But you have one.

Fulfillment is another word for happiness, but there’s more to it. All kinds of things make us happy at work: hitting a goal, getting a promotion, gaining a new client. But happiness is temporary; the feeling doesn’t last.

Fulfillment is deeper. Fulfillment lasts. The difference between happiness and fulfillment is the difference between liking something and loving something. Fulfillment comes when our job or life connects directly to our WHY.

The journey to understanding your why is an important one. The conclusions can navigate you through difficult storms or help you weigh tough decisions with significant outcomes. It can be an important measuring stick to guide you through a variety of choices you will face as you travel your path.

Consider pursuing more clarity in what it is that truly drives you at the core of who you are. And the deeper WHY behind it.

Most of this message was taken from the book “Find Your Why” by Simon Sinek. It’s filled with practical insights that will equip you as you chase the essence of your calling in life. Happy reading!!

Breaking Free From Distraction

How do you feel when you are sitting still in a quiet place with no distractions? What happens when you are in a place of solitude? Is it peace. . . or is it a hard to place sense of uneasiness?

Some of us find this to be an uncomfortable exercise to do. We much rather fill our time with busyness, tasks, noise – all as random distractions, rather than actually feeling what might be within us.

If we are in a constant state of distraction, we may never understand what we might be feeling below the surface. The pursuit of what is true within us isn’t some form of psycho-babble or trying to reach a state of Kumbaya warm fuzzies, but a very practical way to make progress in our journey. If we can get clarity on what we are potentially stuffing and distracting ourselves from, we can then take the next step of why it is within us. Answering the “why” puts us in the position to make the adjustments necessary, that ultimately provides freedom, contentment and authenticity in our lives.

When we do this work of excavation and discovery, the information we uncover provides the data we need to live with a sense of intentionality.

A superior man tolerates nothing. Accepting this truth is a path to a greater journey.

Are you aware of what you might be tolerating in your life? Do you know what is chipping away at your power, joy, and ability to experience light-hearted pleasure? You might want to consider working with someone who is capable of guiding you and encouraging you through this process. The transformation is life changing, and takes you closer to the path of your potential.

The Habits We Embrace

There’s comfort in routine, in doing things the way we are used to doing them. We are creatures of habit. Often routines and habits develop in our lives without us consciously choosing them. Some daily patterns may form out of a healthy place in our lives, and that is good. But some may have formed from unhealthy places that we gravitated to as survival or coping behaviors – or just shear comfort. These are the habits we would be wise to evaluate.

There is a good likelihood that we have chosen routines and habits that actually work in direct opposition from what we deeply long for in our lives. If we do not take the time to intentionally weigh the benefit of our ways, we could end up living lives counter to our deepest aspirations. As tragic of a thought as that might be, it is quite a normal occurrence for a great many of us.

Progress starts with the willingness to take personal stock in how we live our lives and the daily habits we have embraced, while measuring them against the goals for our lives. This reflection is of vital importance for our growth. Continued assessment begins the process of transformation that leads us to the power, passion, creativity, and joy we deeply long for in our journeys. But many of our existing ways will not take us to this place. We must arrive at the deep conviction to break free from our old ways and embrace the promise of the new.

There is much that lies beyond the door of the new, but only you can choose to pursue it. The choice will always be yours. So what’s your move?

The Vital Importance of Identity

I have come to understand the vital importance of identity in our lives. It’s one of the most defining issues in determining the ultimate success of an individual. How we see ourselves, how we see our capabilities and how we see our role in this world are some of the most significant factors that shapes our existence. I’m not referring to how most of us would respond to these questions at the surface level. Rather, deep within us, where our core beliefs drive us at a sub conscience level, we have answered those questions. And we’ve done so in ways we aren’t fully aware.  We tend to remain clueless about our answers unless we’ve invested a considerable amount of work in this area.

It is very difficult to live beyond our own perceived identity. In most cases, our self-imposed limitations are a larger factor in determining how far we we go and the successes we will experience than the external circumstances we might face throughout our lives.

Doing the deep work of your identity and bringing truth in where there may be false perceptions is vital to reaching our God-given potential.

Have you made an investment in this area of your life? If you haven’t, what’s keeping you from doing so?

Master the Day

A good portion of the anxiety we experience stems from concerns about our future and what it holds. Somehow we think we’ll be better prepared by dreading over what is to come. The thought process is not constructive. There’s no logic or productiveness to the lineage of thought. It’s actually obsessive thoughts stuck on repeat. In the end, it’s wasted energy that serves no practical purpose.

Fretting about the future, removes us from the present. And the present is the one place that we do have the ability to influence.

So when concerns about tomorrow come, keep in mind that the best thing we can do for our tomorrow is to be fully present today.

The Ultimate Game Changer

Life is constantly offering us opportunities to grow. Many of us miss these valuable lessons because they often come in the form of a challenge that we’d prefer not to deal with. We perceive these circumstances as an inconvenience, an outright disruption to our every day lives. But if we have the discipline to re-frame how we see the circumstance, we can actually view it as a gift.

The first time someone shared this thought with me, I wasn’t in a good place. As I heard the advise, some not so pleasant words formulated as a response. Fortunately, they never got expressed. Instead, I reflected on the wisdom of my friend’s words and realized he was right. The spot I found myself in, as painful as it was, was a great opportunity for me to actually learn.

By exploring where I found myself and why I felt the way I did, helped me gain significant understanding.

By learning from our current circumstance, we place ourselves in a better position to handle the future. This practical wisdom is such a valuable tool when navigating the path of life with all of its ups and downs.

Embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. If we have to go through them, we might as well benefit from the experience. This re-framing of our perspective and approach can make a significant difference in the richness of our journey.

Playing the Cards Dealt to You

Working with what’s given to you. A simple but vital concept for achieving the progress we desire.

Few of us have the luxury of having everything we want or everything we feel we need to achieve the next level. Whether it’s financial independence, career satisfaction, or relational depth, embracing this perspective is key to what we seek.

Developing the mindset to play the cards dealt to us, doing so to the best of our ability, while making the most of what we can, where we are right now – it’s all an attitude we determine.

We may not have control of the circumstances that come our way, but we certainly have control of how we react to them.

People who succeed are those who have determined not to make excuses as to why they can’t move forward in life.

It’s important to be deeply grateful for what we have here and now… while also pushing ahead to where we want to be. Both mindsets can co-exist. There is no tension in the embracing of both thoughts: gratitude for where we are, with determination to move forward.

Each of us possess the power to make progress or make excuses why we can’t. The choice will always be ours, and ours alone.

Which will you chose?

The Benefit of Breathing (Beyond the Obvious)

A friend of mine reminded me the other day the importance of intentional breathing. They could tell that some life events were starting to take a toll on me.

Many of us live pressure filled lives and stress naturally builds up causing our body to react with shorter, quicker breathing that robs the body of needed oxygen.

It may seem obvious that we need oxygen but we may not be as aware of all the benefits we receive from something we take for granted.

Advantages of Deep Breathing

Decreases stress
Increases calm
Relieves pain
Stimulates the lymphatic system (Detoxifies the body)
Improves immunity
Increases energy
Lowers blood pressure
Improves digestion
Helps support correct posture

Box breathing is a powerful, yet simple, relaxation technique that aims to return breathing to its normal rhythm. This breathing exercise can help to clear the mind, relax the body, and improve focus.

People with high-stress jobs, such as soldiers and police officers, often use box breathing when their bodies are in fight-or-flight mode. This technique is also relevant for anyone interested in re-centering themselves or improving their concentration.

Before starting, people should sit with their back supported in a comfortable chair and their feet on the floor.

Close your eyes. Breathe in through your nose while counting to four slowly. Feel the air enter your lungs.

Hold your breath inside while counting slowly to four. Try not to clamp your mouth or nose shut. Simply avoid inhaling or exhaling for 4 seconds. Begin to slowly exhale for 4 seconds. Wait for 4 seconds prior to repeating steps 1 through 3. Ideally, continue doing the four steps for 4 minutes, or until calm returns.

So when you sense things are getting tough, be good to yourself. Stop, relax, and breathe deep.

Remember, you got this!