Act Enthusiastic and You will be
Enthusiastic

My father was the head of marketing for the world’s largest boat manufacturer.  He was also a lover of exotic automobiles.  On occasion when his car was in the shop (which seemed to be quite frequent), my mother and I would pick him up from work.  Mom would stay in the car, and I would go to his office to tell him that we had arrived.

The executive offices of this behemoth boat company were palatial.  They were much like you would remember from a 60’s movie.  They were oversized, had lots of windows, and were decorated to the hilt.  One day, as I sat quietly waiting for him to finish his dictation, my eyes were drawn to a large wall poster.  It was a big picture of a Basset Hound (a dog with the saddest of faces) and the headline read, “Act Enthusiastic and You will be Enthusiastic.”  The contrast of the picture and the caption made a powerful point.

We All Need a Coach
Athletes have coaches.  Debaters have coaches.  Business leaders have coaches.  You and I need a coach as well.  That person helps us excel in one of the biggest gifts we have been given…the gift of this life.  I know that I was created for a purpose and I believe that the same is true for every human being. That is why having a good coach is critical.  He helps us to: 

• Identify barriers.
• Weigh opportunities.
• See the bigger picture.
• Establish goals.
• Explore options.
• Make decisions.

Working with a coach will help you produce the next steps and a plan of action for your life.  Don’t you think it is about time to be done with mediocrity and to pursue the thing you were put here on earth to do?  Your Life Purpose Coach will help lift you out of the muddy mire, help you to dry ground and guide you on your way to identifying and perusing your destiny.

Directive:  Get a Life Purpose Coach and begin actively pursuing your future.

What is a Life Purpose Coach Anyway?
A Life Purpose Coach is someone who is a trained master in creating significant conversations.  A coach asks questions, listens and then helps you recognize what you believe to be true.  Here’s an example:  I was recently coaching a person who said that they were very unhappy in their career and wanted to do something to make peoples' lives better.  He spoke very lengthily and confusingly about what this new thing might look like.  As he spoke, it was as if he was walking through deep mud. He was getting no where.  All he could clearly articulate was that he hated his present profession and couldn’t fathom going back to it and working for company x, y or z.  Then I asked him to talk about his professional experience.  His entire demeanor changed.  He moved forward in his chair, became articulate and engaged and started talking passionately about what he would do regarding a specific opportunity.  I listened and then stopped him briefly and said, “You just spent 45 minutes vaguely talking about some new possibility and telling me how you hated your profession of 30 years.  Then when I asked you about your profession you came alive and were articulate, passionate and focused.  It doesn’t sound to me like you hate your profession after all.” 

He agreed and we conclude our coaching session with him establishing to rejoin his profession.  We also reserved future time slots for additional coaching sessions so that he can begin to define the next steps for pursuing his desire to eventually transition into significant work.
You see, I didn’t really have to tell him anything he didn’t already know.  I just asked questions, listened and repeated back what he had told me. That’s what a coach does.  Coaches do very little in overtly giving direction, but it takes the involvement of a coach to enable most people to focus and move forward.