Traits You Should Look For In A Life Coach

A Great Listener

Your life coach should listen more than they speak. If your current life coach is dominating all of your conversations and meetings, they are not the right life coach for you. It is their job to listen to you and your needs, and then to guide you to make better life choices. They should not be dominating the partnership. They should not love to hear themselves talk nor should they talk about themselves all the time. The right life coach will become engrossed in your words rather than try to dominate the conversation. The conversations should always be about your life and your struggles rather than theirs. You pay them to listen to you not the other way around. A superb life coach will be a great listener and will listen to you attentively and without judgmentso the both of you can work through your problems and come to a healthy solution.

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Great Rapport Builder

Building rapport is perhaps the most important aspect of successful life coaching. Rapport is essential to developing a positive, healthy and genuine relationship between coach and client. The best life coaches are great rapport builders and will actively build a solid rapport with you. Without rapport, you will not be able to easily communicate and share your most personal life struggles. Without rapport, you may also not feel as though you can trust your life coach. Furthermore, you might not feel you can be entirely truthful about all circumstances, and this is crucial to overcoming obstacles in life. Good rapport with a life coach will make you feel like they trulysupport and care about your wellbeing and life struggles.

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