Start Off The New Year Shining!
Start Off The New Year Shining!
Use your star qualities.
I don’t normally make a practice of seeking people out to be coaching clients. This is usually a personal decision that people make on their own. Just like doctors don’t seek out patients but wait for the patients to decide to make an appointment, I always preferred to have my coaching clients let me know when they were interested and ready for that commitment.
However, I recently asked to coach a young man who went into business with one of my existing coaching clients. As luck would have it, he was also looking for coaching at the same time because he wanted to make a good impression on his business partner.
During our first session, which happened to be through Zoom, I asked him if his wife was home. When he told me she was, I asked if she could join us for a few minutes in his session because I wanted her to hear why I wanted to coach him. After she joined him, I said that I didn’t want to coach him because I thought he was going to be a future star. I wanted to coach him because I thought he was going to become a future superstar. I couldn’t tell which one of the two of them was beaming more as I described his good qualities.
First of all, he was an excellent listener. He paid attention, make good eye contact, took plenty of notes, and added to the conversation. Second, he was very personable and approachable. Third, he was very likable and I knew he would make friends easily having such good instant rapport skills. Fourth, he was humble and eager to be a valuable member of his new team.
But what I liked about him most is that he was open. He wanted to learn. He wanted to be better than he was. He was anxiously seeking insights and lessons that would help him to grow personally and professionally. As I said, he had all the makings of a superstar. Chances are you do too. All you have to do is compare your list to the qualities I mentioned above. How are your listening skills? Are you personable and approachable? Do people like you when they meet you? Are you humble? And most importantly, are you open to personal and profession growth? Remember, if you want to have more, you must become more. And that’s how you become a star.
“Being a star just means that you just find your own special place and that you shine where you are.”
– Dolly Parton
(This excerpt is taken from my seminar entitled 8 Qualities That Will Make You a Star) I encourage you to
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