How TO BE YOUR OWN LIFE COACH

How TO BE YOUR OWN LIFE COACH?

To be your own life Coach you need to prepare yourself by yourself when i was reading in my mind about what can we do to motivate ourselves without need from others.

First of all you need to know more about yourself and what is the small things which make you happy

Then you need to read 365 ways to be your own life Coach 

This book is a wonderful guide to can motivate yourself and be on your own here I offered some information about David Lawerance Preston to know more about the book  

David Lawrence Preston is a  great  teacher, author and life coach who specializing in practical  health, psychology, energetic medicine and spirituality, based on a small island just off the north coast of the European mainland. I first became interested in these subjects after a life-changing experience in Moscow in 1990 and have since taken my knowledge and insights to five continents. I have worked with countless individuals and organisations, and received positive feedback for my warmth, sincerity, knowledge and integrity. My work is based on my own life experiences overcoming shyness and low self-esteem in my twenties and thirties.

David Lawrence Preston A program me for personal and professional growth –

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Now, when you buy a title from How To Books, you get even more than words on a page. Dedication This book is dedicated to all those friends and colleagues from whom I have learned so much, and the many great teachers who have guided me on my journey (especially the greatest teacher of all – life itself). Testimonials On behalf of all the students on the Life Coaching course, I would like to place on record our sincere appreciation of David’s skill and professionalism together with his teaching abilities. He is a fine example of your service. (JAE – one of David Lawrence Preston’s students) I feel I have been very privileged to have been able to receive such professional, first class coaching. You were highly professional, have a wealth of expertise and knowledge and yet you still made me feel as though I had just found my best friend. I am so excited because I know you have given me the tools to start living life to the full. All you have taught me in these few weeks I will now pass on to my own children. What fantastic value. Oh and one last thing – you told me to think with my heart sometimes. That made me realise I have not done that for years – how liberating. Thank you from the bottom of my heart (and my head!). JR, Poole Thank you so much for your encouragement and advice. I can say hand on heart that you have been the single most inspirational person with regards to my confidence and personal development, which are very important to me. I cannot thank you enough for the help you have given me. JH, Bournemouth iii Published by How To Content, A division of How To Books Ltd, Spring Hill House, Spring Hill Road Begbroke, Oxford OX5 1RX, United Kingdom Tel: 01865 375794 Fax: 01865 379162 info@howtobooks.co.uk www.howtobooks.co.ukk All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or stored in an information retrieval system (other than for purposes of review), without the express permission of the publisher in writing. © 2009 David Lawrence Preston First edition 2005 Second edition 2009 First published in electronic form 2009 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 84803 360 3 Produced for How To Books by Deer Park Productions, Tavistock Typeset by specialist publishing services ltd, Montgomery Note: The material contained in this book is set out in good faith for general guidance and no liability can be accepted for loss or expense incurred as a result of relying in particular circumstances on statements made in the book. The laws and regulations are complex and liable to change, and readers should check the current position with the relevant authorities before making personal arrangements.


Since you’re reading this, I imagine you want to make some changes to your life, but you’re not entirely sure how to go about it. You’re not alone. That’s why there’s been such a phenomenal growth in life coaching in Britain and many other countries in the past few years. The first time I heard the term was in a talk by the inspirational motivational speaker and author, Anthony Robbins, ten years ago. ‘Some people call me a guru,’ he said, ‘but that’s not true. I’m not a guru, I’m a coach. I coach people to get the best out of themselves.’ Since then, life coaching has become big business. Training, diplomas and certificates are offered not only by a profusion of private schools and ‘institutes’ worldwide, but also educational institutes accredited by officially-recognised statutory bodies. For example, in the UK, coaching and its closest cousin, mentoring, form part of the training for teachers, managers and certain health practitioners. In a relatively short time, life coaching has come of age! Life coaches offer their services to individuals, groups and businesses, often at exorbitant rates. A friend of mine recently paid £375 for three, 55 minute, four-way telephone conversations with a life coach. That’s over £9 for every minute of his share of attention from the coach! He claims to have benefited from the sessions, but obviously many of those who need help can’t afford to pay that sort of money. Hopefully everyone can afford to invest in this book. What do life coaches aim to do? Simply to support and encourage their clients in their personal and professional growth by helping them to identify and achieve their goals. They use a variety of conversational and written techniques to help them find the best way forward, strengthen their motivation and take action. Good coaches don’t give advice, but help the client to find the answer for themselves. It occurs to me that I have been a life coach for over 30 years, although I have only recently begun to refer to myself as such. I have unwittingly coached my children, friends, colleagues and students. I have also been a life coach to my clients (I have been a hypnotherapist for nearly 20 years), and often found life coaching to be more useful 1 to them than therapy. That’s one of the reasons I developed my internet-based ‘Life Enrichment Programme’. Some of my ‘coachees’ completely turned their lives around and went on to great success in their chosen fields. None paid anything like £9 per minute, and neither need you. If you follow the tried and tested methods offered in this book, you can transform your life with no financial outlay other than the cover price. I base my methods on three simple ideas. You will become very familiar with these in the weeks ahead:
■ The TGROW method.
■ Eight Steps to Success.
■ The ITIA formula. I believe the best coach for you is you, and I aim to give free rein to him or her. This book will show you exactly what you need to do to turn yourself into your own life coach. There are 365 priceless ideas, exercises and skills to learn from and apply. I want you to get more from this book than a warm feeling. I want you to put these principles and techniques into practice so you will reap the rewards. But you won’t gain full benefit if you merely read my words. That would be like expecting to get better by gazing at the label on the bottle without actually taking the medicine. I guarantee: if you read the material carefully and use what you learn, big changes will take place. A year from now you’ll look back with amazement on all you’ve achieved. So let’s get started.

 David Lawrence Preston david@davidlawrencepreston.co.uk www.davidlawrencepreston.co.uk