Personal Coaching: Creating the Business Foundation

My Life Purpose Coaching is specifically designed to facilitate fulfillment of life purpose activities for the highly creative person—easily, enjoyably, and predictably. Level I—Personal: Creating the Business Foundation is for the creative person who has decided to take charge and do what it takes to make a living with their creativity. You may not yet know HOW, but you are unswerving in your determination to get started.

This service is an excellent choice if you need are experiencing the following problems:

PROBLEMS	SOLUTIONS
You know you have a creative  purpose to accomplish, but you’re not taking action, not making progress, or you tried in the past without success…	We will have you taking small, targeted actions and making progress from the first session.
You are too fearful to move forward…	We will uncover the exact nature of the fears and encourage and invite you to take small (or large, if you are ready) actions to quickly move past the fear.
You are unclear on strategy and actions to take…	We work strategically as quickly as practical, developing fully fleshed out tactics with small non-fear-inducing action steps.
You are lacking knowledge or skills…	We brainstorm on the actions you need to take to gain knowledge, including checking to see if “lack of knowledge” is simply fear in another disguise. We effect plans to sharpen or acquire needed skills.
You do not have support in your life purpose endeavors…	Support is delightfully given and is one of the most fun parts of coaching, and it also seems to be one of the most growth-inducing aspects of coaching.
You think you may not be able to succeed…	Clients easily incorporate their phenomenal growth and are frequently surprised when they are reminded where they were and how they thought and behaved six months ago and a year ago.
You are hampered by self defeating thoughts, beliefs, or patterns…	It is amazingly fun as we discover together any unconscious attitudes or beliefs that are impeding you from accomplishing your life purpose, and blast them to nothing.
You are lacking in initial motivation or the ability to develop momentum…	Working with a detailed strategy, you will quickly move past initial inertia and develop momentum.
You do much better when you have a built in system of accountability…	Accountability seems to be one of the most effective tools of coaching. You will be reporting to me how much more action you are taking because you know you will be reporting it to me. My version of accountability is not the stern martinet style some coaches use, but a gentle and firm nudge in the nether parts with my soft, padded “hiney kicking sock”.
You do not know how to develop a support system for success…	We also work on doing what it takes to help you create a broad and developed support structure, whether it is new people in your life, better choices of people, or effective conversations with existing people, or all of the above.
You believe you cannot “figure it out”…	We will fairly quickly work out simple strategies for you to put into action. You have consistent brainstorming, “practicality” feedback, and problem/solutions conversations, as part of coaching.
You never did this before…	Together, we work out what is problematic for you about your new endeavor, and map out your best and most effective approaches.
You feel determined—but frustrated at how to succeed…	We clear up that frustration and channel the energy into , strategic, effective activity that creates forward motion.
You are lacking clarity on what your life purpose is or how to discover it…	Frequently, it is easy to discover life purpose by listening for the excitement in the client’s voice. When we find that, the rest is easy.

Benefits

There is a definite pattern for the types of benefits that clients get from working with me.

• If you are like most clients, you will gain fairly immediate laser-like focus on your creative purpose and path of joy.
• Typically, you experience a shift to greater self confidence from gaining clarity on your purpose.

• Greater confidence frequently brings immediate increases in income.
• Clarity in purpose makes it easier to decide priorities.
• You realize what you have to offer in life.
• You develop a greater knowingness of guidance (intuition) from spirit—and respect and honor it.
• You take more “chances” based on guidance and increase the results you get.
• You are excited about your work, life, and direction.
• You pursue what you really want and what would really bring happiness into your life.

• You have a greater feeling of security about the “nuts and bolts” of running a business.
• You profoundly shift the ways you spend time and energy, and start to make decisions that bring happiness and joy into your life.
• You have a more balanced life with greater satisfaction.

• You become more “present” in your relationships, and develop deeper connections with others.
• You express excitement about the changes you are experiencing and feel proud of your progress.

How The Service Works—Personal Coaching: Creating the Business Foundation

Set the Timeslot: Coaching is delivered in 3-45 minute sessions a month. Client and coach agree on a specific timeslot. These sessions are usually scheduled for timeslots on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd weeks of the month—Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Thursdays.

All timeslots are scheduled in Pacific time as your coach has clients across the country and internationally—and admits to a fault of being “time zone challenged”.

Once we have set the timeslot, it might look something like this: 1:00-1:45 p.m. Pacific, on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. This means that there is no coaching in the last week of the month.

Depending on which day a given month starts, it is possible there could be two weeks between coaching for some months. For that reason, be aware that the timeslots are specific to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays of the month.

Housekeeping: Once we have your time slot set up, there will be some “housekeeping”—such as contact information.

Call Prep Form: You will receive a call prep form to keep on your computer. You will make a copy and fill it out before our scheduled session. Click here if you want to see what this form looks like. 

Please send the call prep form the night before our call. Once I start sessions for the day, frequently, there is not time for me to read the call prep form in advance of our call. Since I want to be the best prepared that I can be, and have some time to think about your form in advance of the call, you will get best results from me by getting me the form the night before our session.

We can do a session without the form. However, those clients who consistently prepare their forms in advance are the clients who consistently get the best results. They also most frequently report their surprise and delight at the progress they only realized they had made when they filled out their form.

Develop a Vision: A great way to get started is by having the client develop their vision for the coming year. Don’t worry, I’ve created a simple, easy to use exercise to make this a fun and quick process.

If you are ready to take on this exercise, you could start on it for our first session. Be sure I send you the exercise in plenty of time, if this is the way you want to go.

Coaching Is Delivered Over the Telephone: At our scheduled time, it is the client’s responsibility to call the coach. The coach’s phone number is on the top of the call Prep form.

Partner With Me: Let me know your tolerance for homework. I don’t want to overwhelm you by sending you too many things for you to work on at one time. Please be an advocate for yourself. Let me know if you should ever think I am missing something you want or if you think something might work better for you.

Create Strategies: As soon as possible, we begin to develop your strategies. Many of my clients have never worked strategically before, and don’t even know what a strategy is, or how to develop one (learn more about strategies here). Not to worry. I make it a fun and easy process for creative people to understand, develop, pursue, and maintain strategies. After working with strategies for a while, it will become very natural and exciting for you.

Timeline: I’ve developed a very simple, easy to use tool for laying out your action steps on a single page of paper. This enables you to keep your eye on what needs to be done and allows you to take actions at the right time and not worry about future actions.

Unique Exercises: Over my years as a coach, I’ve developed a huge repertoire of exercises designed to empower clients to solve common issues and break old patterns. Frequently, I design a new exercise, tailored specifically to the client. Clients report great success with these.

Weekly Planner: I recommend weekly planning to my clients and have created a single one page planner you can use every week. Keep it on the wall where you work and check it during the week. It only takes a few minutes to complete, but it helps you maintain focus on and keeps your attention on your top priorities, while not losing sight of other required actions.

Simplicity: Everything I design for my clients is intended to be simple, easy to understand and use, and require a minimum of time for maximum results. If you think something is not simple enough, let me know.

Length of Coaching: There is no binding contract to sign. Many of my clients have worked with me for years. Once they get desired results, I automatically expand the vision and they love the simplicity and ease of their evolution. I do ask, however, that you make a mental commitment to yourself to stay in coaching for a year, or at least a minimum of six months so that you get great results. I respectfully request that if you choose to stop your coaching, you agree to let me know well in advance of the end of the month (so I can reschedule your timeslot), and that you agree to discuss the decision with me. I would prefer not to have these types of surprises and appreciate respectfulness.

Bonuses

Potentially, there is a huge list of bonus material you will have access to as my client. The list below mentions some of them. Once we are working together, let me know which specific items you want to have.

• Fears Worksheet
• Strategy Worksheet
• Coach U Assessments
• Income Statement for Business Financials (Am I Making a Profit?)
• Asking For The Money—What Are Buying Signals?
• Life Purpose Exercises
• Increase Your Income in 90 Days Workbook
• Succeed With Your New Year’s Resolutions Article
• Self Esteem Exercise
• My Ideal Client
• Victim Exercise
• Clearing Clutter
• Debt Paydown Excel Spreadsheet
• Elevator Speech Exercise
• Fifty Values I Bring
• How Do I Get In My Own Way Worksheet
• Net Worth Excel Spreadsheet
• Questions to Shift Feelings
• Attitude Adjustment Worksheet
• Grow Up Exercise
• Negative Self Talk Exercise
• How Did I Make That OK? Exercise

Take Action

Don’t wait another minute to sign up. Do it now! The world needs each of us to step up and LIVE our creative life purpose. If you back away from your purpose—it will be left undone.

The world is cheated and lessened by each person who sits on the sidelines in fear rather than taking action. Can you imagine yourself in your final moments on earth, reviewing your choices? Will you be at peace if you don’t move forward now and actualize and embody your dreams?
 

To me, the saddest thing in the world is for those who are gifted and destined for great things to sink back into the “comfort zone” of their rut, peeking out once in a while, but not moving or taking any chances.

Sign up now for life-changing coaching. Within a very short time, you will be well on your way to fulfilling the reason you were born—and it will be fun, exciting and fearless.

Know that I am extremely committed to being the “midwife” of your creative life purpose work. Don’t let it be stillborn for another minute, month or year. Act now to begin. I am here to support and witness this profound experience for you.

Release the angst and anguish you feel as you guiltily stay frozen in inaction—while strongly driven to make a difference. Sign up now and feel the release in your guts that tells you, “This is right!”

Think about the impact you can have for good in the world. Perhaps your “difference” will be the tipping point for positive change. If we all stand up and overwhelmingly be the change we want to see, momentum alone will make the shift.

Sign up now. Stop thinking, dreaming, hoping, “doing it yourself”, planning, imagining, fantasizing, intending. You won’t regret it.

This works! It’s almost like a “machine” you can put yourself into and get the product you want on the other side. Buy the “machine” (coaching), do the work, and quickly be on the way to making a difference.

Think about those who will not receive the benefit of your good work if you “wait”. Waiting is synonymous with never starting. The time is now. Buy It Now.

Interested In Knowing More about Level I—Personal Coaching: Creating the Business Foundation?

If you would like to explore working with me as your Success Coach, I would be happy to speak with you on the phone, 425-355-7094, to discuss your current situation and goals and see if there is a fit. THE BEST WAY to set up an appointment is to fill out the form below. And then I’ll get back to you by email to confirm the meeting. I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you about your creative endeavors and how to turn them into a REAL INCOME-PRODUCING enterprise. Suzi Elton P.S. Before you call or fill out the form: Due to a very busy schedule of working with clients committed to really TURNING THEIR CREATIVE DREAMS INTO REALITY, it is only possible for me to work with highly motivated people. If you’re just kicking tires, I’m not the one to help you. If you’re ready to jump in with both feet, I’d be GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOU! Yes, Suzi Elton, I’d like to know how you can help me turn my creative dreams into reality. Name Business Name (if one) City, State, Country Email address Phone Kind of business Existing web site (if any) Please tell me a little about what you want to accomplish. What do you do, for how long have you been doing it and what have you done to turn it into a business? What would you like to accomplish with Level I-Persoal Coaching: Building the Business Foundation? Please include specific areas you’d like to work on. The more information I can get here, the more I can help you. Why are you interested in working with me? What attracted you to me or to this site or to my ideas about coaching and working with highly creative types? Three times (and days) we could meet by phone to discuss Level I-Personal Coaching?

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