Typically, when I tell Young Professional Men that I am a Life Coach, I get 1 of 3 responses:

1. “Help me… I need a Coach.”

• “I need some help creating a Game Plan for life.”  
• “I need someone to give me honest feedback.”
• “I need someone to act as an accountability partner for follow through on my big dreams and goals.”
• “I need some help with career, finances, fitness, or overall life direction.”

2. “I don’t know if I need a Coach. I can’t think of anything I need to talk about. Everything in my life seems fine right now.”

3. “I do not need a Coach. Beat it, Coach-boy!!”

What’s your response?

For those in 1 – if we have not talked and you are interested in learning more, please contact me.  Be a man and don’t put this off another second.

For those in 2 - do any of these scenarios describe you?

• Mentally and physically exhausted more than 50% of the time.
• Holding hidden thoughts, feelings, fears, doubts, excuses inside that you have never told anyone before.
• A feeling that you have a lot of potential inside you for more that is currently sitting unused/untapped.
• No real sense of where you have come from or a plan for where you are going. Everything is reactive.

For those in 3 – I am really glad that you are on fire in your life. I am assuming that you:

• Have worked with a Coach or have a trusted advisor, mentor, or accountability partner that allows you to be vulnerable and provides solid, honest feedback.
• Have been able to self-motivate yourself to achieve 100% of your potential at work, in your relationships, finances, and health.
• Have been able to self-manage the fears, doubts, excuses, and limiting beliefs we all hold in our heads.
• Or… you try to do everything on your own and keep a lot of things hidden.  Why?  Because you fear that reaching out for help will burst the balloon called your IMAGE:  “I am strong! I am indepdent! I am capable!  I am worthy! And I don’t need anyone else to help me!”

The Bottom Line…

Men will naturally shy away from Coaching because we fear vulnerability. Society wants us to be independent, strong, and self-reliant. We all know this is impossible – but our pride remains, fighting to preserve this ‘Super Man-like’  image.  

I have seen this in my own life over and over again.  Finally, I realized that my pride and the fighting I was doing to preserve an image of myself to others was what was holding me back from truly living a fulfilling life.

I believe in the power of 1-on-1 Coaching with a trained Professional Coach and I urge you to reconsider if pride or preserving your image is getting in the way.

More on Coaching (including the benefits) can be found here.

Tomorrow, F3: I don’t have the F-ing money or F-ing time for Life Coaching!  (Editor’s Note: the F stands for ‘frig,’ ‘frick,’ or ‘frac…’ not what you are thinking.  Get your mind out of the gutter.)