The World Needs More Coaching

Anyone who's had the benefit of receiving good personal coaching in any area of their life knows the immense value of having a coach. Whether being given some tips on how to improve your jump-shot or getting help in deciphering what's going on in what seems to be a complicated intimate relationship, utilizing a coaching relationship is a powerful and effective way to deal with life's challenges.

Those who haven't had the privilege of having a coach in their lives, however, often don't know what they're missing. Many people in the world are attached to the idea that, for the most part, they need to go through life on their own. People are quick to celebrate their victories and successes publicly and share their joy, but tend to be much more reserved, secretive, and even ashamed at times when they struggle or are going through hardships.

The fact of the matter is this: facing one's problems alone in life is a choice. Not everyone has an understanding lover, a close friend who can listen and give great advice, or a confidant to whom they feel safe telling their secrets. The option of seeking out and hiring a coach, however, is now a viable reality in the world. We have the technology available to us to connect with people all over the globe who have expertise in the areas of life that we are dealing with. Nobody needs to go through life alone.

The question then is this: if this help is so abundant and readily available, why are so few people using the services of professional coaches? How many people even know what coaching is, let alone the benefits they could receive from it?

We think the main reason for this that there does not yet exist a sufficient social conversation about coaching to make the idea of hiring a coach normal enough for most people to consider it. The predominant context surrounding the idea of coaching is that it's weird. It's weird to talk openly about your problems with a stranger, it's weird to seek professional help for things in your life, and it's certainly weird to hire someone to listen to you and tell you how to live your life. It's so weird, in fact, so out of the left-field, that most people don't even have hiring a coach as an option on their radar. Up against that kind of backdrop, the possibility of a breakthrough explosion in the scope and effectiveness of the coaching industry's effect on the world remains limited.

One of our goals at Coachtastic is to transform the conversation around coaching. We want people to be open and receptive to the help that is readily available from various types of coaches, and to be willing to take the risk of actually hiring a coach to help them in their own lives. How do we plan on doing this? One answer: keep it simple. From our overall design and ease of navigation of the website, to the language and terminology used on the site, to the organization of categories/areas of life listed, Coachtastic keeps the business of finding a coach simple for everyone. In doing so, we're creating the space for a new conversation about coaching to emerge. What exactly the content of this new conversation is will depend mostly on what the actual wants and needs of people in the world are, and how coaches around the globe can best be of service to those they help.

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