A Coach works with you to establish what you want from your life and helps you to produce a plan of action to achieve it. Coaching creates a sense of direction and purpose, which leads to true fulfilment and lasting happiness.

I consider the essential ingredients of a great coach to be their ability to inspire and support you as you set and achieve your goals and find clarity in your life. A Coach will work with you to make the most of your skills and enable you to be the best you can be. They will actively listen and remain non-judgmental throughout. They will endeavor to provide a safe place to allow you to move forward at your own pace; and they’ll be there to congratulate you when you’ve succeeded. Whatever the goal people achieve it faster with a coach!

And finally a great coach will believe in their clients even when the client may doubt themselves.

Recommended Reading List

• "The Life Coaching Handbook" by Curly Martin

• "Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff" by Richard Carlson

• "NLP for Lazy Learning" by Diana Beaver

• "Take Yourself to the Top" by Laura Berman Fortgang

• "Life Coaching, Change your Life in 7 Days" by Eileen Mulligan

• "Who Moved my Cheese" by Dr Spencer Johnson

• "Effective Coaching" by Myles Downey

• "The One Minute Millionaire" by Mark Hansen and Robert Allen

• "Your Best Year Yet" by Jinny S Ditzer

• "Emotional Intelligence" by Daniel Goleman

• "The Road Less Travelled" by M Scott Peck

• "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" by Deepak Chopra

• "Chicken Soup for the Soul" by Jack Canfield and Mark Hansen

• "Excuse me your Life is Waiting" by Lynn Grabhorn

• "Co-Active Coaching" by Whitworth, Kimsey-House and Sandahl

• "Your Pocket Life Coach" by Carole Gaskell

• "Ageless Body, Timeless Mind" by Deepak Chopra

• "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R Covey

• "Time to Think" by Nancy Kline

• "Personal Power through Awareness" by Sanaya Roman

• "The New Leaders" by Daniel Goleman

• "Sacred Contracts" by Caroline Myss