Last year I was totally delighted to appear on a podcast called The Coach's Compass, giving me an opportunity to dive deep into all things coaching with host Clark Luby.

In the episode, Clark - a listener to The Coach’s Journey - turns my favourite starter question back on me by asking me to recall when I first came across coaching, and that takes me back to a crucial juncture in my life and career.

From there, we talk through the support structures and containers that helped me through early coaching challenges such as finding clients and talking about money, and I offer up some practical tools that can help you to establish the kind of coach you really want to be, factoring in the styles of coaching you admire and personalities you aspire to emulate.

We also explore the importance of Rich Litvin's work to the evolution of coaching and to my own practice, and I share one of the exercises he taught me that led me to do some of my best work.

In this episode, we talk about:

The shift that happens after your first attempt at being an adult

Making the process of your work something that you really enjoy

Being a player in the game of your business

The point at which coaching businesses start to carry themselves forward

How to stay authentic while taking influence from other coaches

Why I think it's okay to steal from people*

We also talk about the best times to break the rules of coaching, or the rules of anything for that matter!

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*In very specific situations

Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):

- Coaches Rising https://www.coachesrising.com/

- Ewan Townhead https://www.ewantownhead.com/coaching/

- Waking Up The Workplace http://www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/
- Brett Thomas https://www.linkedin.com/in/consciousbusinesscoach/

- The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin https://www.amazon.ca/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/

- Rich Litvin with Simon Crowe on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB80UWOW8NM

- John Mackey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mackey_(businessman)

- David Allen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allen_(author)

- Miles Downey episode on The Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-31-myles-downey

- Tony Robbins, I Am Not Your Guru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUHMZf3qwsQ

- Brené Brown on perfectionism https://www.shinecoachingandconsulting.com/post/recovering-perfectionist-aspiring-good-enoughist

- Gay Hendricks and the zone of genius https://www.thejoyofbusiness.co.uk/how/how-to-find-your-zone-of-genius/

- The Heart of Laser Focused Coaching by Marion Franklin https://www.amazon.ca/HeART-Laser-Focused-Coaching-Revolutionary-Masterful/

- Chris Joseph on episode #19 of The Coach's Journey https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-19-chris-joseph
- Fred Kofman https://www.fredkofman.org/sobre-fred-kofman-ing.php

- Conscious Business by Fred Kofman https://www.amazon.ca/Conscious-Business-Build-through-Values/

- BetterUp https://www.betterup.com/

- Warren Buffett's "2 List" strategy https://jamesclear.com/buffett-focus

- Joel Monk https://www.thnk.org/community/people/joel-monk/

- Phil Goddard, The Coaching Life episode #69 https://www.philg.com/CoachingLifePodcast/?post=069-phil-goddard

- The Social Dilemma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0