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How to Know if You’re Ready for A Business Coach
When you are running your small business, you look for other people to guide you.
You may go to an expert who will diagnose your pain points and tell you what you should do next.
Or you may go to a coach who will guide you through Socratic questioning so you can discover your own pain points.
Then you will be lead through a discovery process to decide what road to follow next.
Which process you choose depends on what you are personally comfortable with.
This also depends on what you think will be better for the next step in your business.
Below I explore the road of choosing a business coach.
More specifically, the next few paragraphs look at 9 indicators for knowing if you are ready to work with a coach.
(1) Are you more comfortable with guidance or instruction?
It is important to recognize your own personal preferences when dealing with people when you do business.
Do you prefer being guided to find the answer to a question, or do you want someone else to tell you what needs to be done, then do that for you?
