Alan's Path to Business & Money Coaching
How My Practice Began to Shift
After many years in the practice of what I first described as Life Coaching and working with many clients locally and across the country, my business started to shift.
I created a business to help people understand more about their own life and how to create better experiences moving forward.
I had always thought of myself as an entrepreneur, as I had started businesses and really enjoyed working with others who had turned their passions into a business.
I was at that time doing workshops every week all over New England, and also for a few years, a monthly trip to California to teach.
I was reaching a lot of amazing people, and I had a front-row seat of how they changed their reality, letting go of old, useless, bad habits and discovering new ways that easily moved them forward.
The Patterns I Kept Seeing
As I worked with many clients, I found that there were a few issues that consistently came up. Some wanted to be out of the daily grind, the corporate ladder, answering to bosses within a company that they truly did not want to work for. Others really wanted to work for themselves but had not created a vision of what that might look like.
Almost every client I worked with at that time had not built a solid foundation to support themselves in order to really make a true change in their daily life.
Some lived in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle and did not have a stable grasp of how to use money as a tool. They really wanted to break the cycle but had not discovered how to do it.
Others had a deep yearning to create self-employment, to be free of the control of others, but could not understand how, in their situation, they could accomplish what seemed to be impossible. They complained that with family obligations, the cost of maintaining a household, and a heavy schedule at work, it seemed an impossible feat. The complaint was I have no money, and I have no time.
"If I just had the money..."
My focus shifted as the clients were asking for direction and guidance on how to escape what they called the “money trap.” They said if I had the money, I’d open a business, be self-employed, and all my issues would be over.
Sounds good, RIGHT?
NO!
What Building a Solid Foundation Really Means
Building a solid foundation has a lot of levels. Anyone can, with time and a willingness to do the work, ‘succeed’ in creating an amazing life experience within their own business. That includes health, wealth, healthy relationships, love, peace of mind, and so much more.
It also includes living in your passion by doing what you love and sharing it with others. In the creation of a business, coming from a place of a solid foundation, you can easily attract the right clients and be very successful.
The person who recognizes the true definition of the word business will be successful beyond their wildest dreams.
My definition of business is: “When you share your knowledge and passion with others in the form of your product or service, you can watch their lives change.”
In that business mindset, your income flows in as an immediate response, every single time you help someone recognize that by the sharing of your gifts, their life has changed.
How I work with Clients Today
- Creating the vision of what it looks like to you.
- Defining each part of the business within a business plan. (You can’t use the internet for a business plan as it will not fit your vision or situation.) Can you create a successful business without a plan? Sure, but it will take you five times longer and cost you more money, time and frustration than it’s worth.
- A business that has formed but is not a really solid foundation yet, as the vision is not solid.
- A solid business that is selling products or services has clients but does not seem to be growing steadily.
- A business with a solid foundation, a business plan to refer to that matches the vision of the owner, the right way to present your business to potential consumers, and creating momentum that takes on a life of its own. The business clicks into autopilot, and you can take your foot off the accelerator. (At this point, take a nice long vacation! You have earned it!)
- A business that is so solid that you now look at what you want to create next.
The description of my path in helping people as a coach has changed and evolved over the years. This is a very broad view of what it takes to create the most amazing business as you share your passion with the world.
Other Pieces of the Puzzle
- Money – A business budget
- Business location – Brick and mortar, online, or a shared space with other businesses
- The legal form of the business
- Following the correct state and federal business regulations.
- Marketing
- Business metrics
- Staffing
Let's Talk About Your Vision
There are many levels of starting, operating, and supporting a successful business. It can be your greatest joy living in your passion within your own business.
It does take work and dedication, but to me it has been my greatest and most rewarding experience.
If you would like to explore what it would be like to hire me as your business coach, to guide you from your vision to an amazing business, you can use the contact page to reach out, and we can schedule a call to discuss how to get started.