Coaching

What is Coaching?

Coaching is now a very valuable tool for today’s forward thinking individuals, employers , companies and non profits on every level.

Do you know the Classical Greek philosopher Socrates? Was a noted Greek philosopher , mathematician and writer. Socrates was one of the greatest educators who taught by asking questions and thus drawing out answers from his pupils.

The overall purpose, by the way was to challenge the accuracy of the student’s thinking with the purpose to move people towards their ultimate goal.

We call this system of questioning ‘’Socratic Questioning’’.

When the life coach uses Socratic questioning within the coaching conversation, their purpose is to explore the client’s thinking, to determine the motives, the objectives and the passions even limiting beliefs and patterns that get in the way of success, or keep the person stuck or unhappy.

The goal of critical thinking is to establish a disciplined ‘’executive’’ level of thinking, a powerful inner voice of reason , to monitor , assess and re-constitute –in a more rational direction – our thinking , feeling and action.

As life coach but also as for many years teacher and educator I consider that the oldest and still the most powerful teaching and life coaching tactic is Socratic Questioning. I focus to give the right questions and not to give answers to my clients.

In this way together with powerful questioning we go forward and we develop the right critical thinking to the right direction, we configure action plan in a supporting way with a unique target to achieve your goals.

You will succeed your goals with your own tools. And that is coaching, every client comes into coaching, whole and complete, able to generate his or her own perfect answers from their own innate.

Life coaching is not counseling and it is not a therapy. A life coach doesn’t provide answers to the clients problems or give advice.

The coaching will ultimately have this effect, but the coach doesn’t give direction or advice. Your life coaching is individual shaped, will be a forward –looking way to gain clarity on what the clients believes to be true for his or her life.

It will be a powerful support system to keep you motivated and moving in the right direction. It provides an external perspective on the client’s life.