Spencer Institute Coach Certification & Business Training
The Association for Entrepreneurial Trainers & Coaches
When it comes to fitness, most people want to achieve their health, fitness and wellness goals in a fast and efficient way. However, getting healthy is a process that requires a lot of commitment and consistency. The effort put toward success has many positive effects. So how do you stay consistent? Here are a few simple tips that can help you achieve health and wellness success. [Read more…]
Whether you’re interested in tweaking your diet with new holistic options, or are ready to completely overhaul your eating regime, these principles will help point you in the right direction for better health. [Read more…]
In this lesson, you will learn 5 different ways to earn income as a Certified Sleep Science Coach.
Let’s start with the obvious.
We all sleep. We all enjoy quality sleep. Most people want more sleep. Many people don’t get quality sleep. Sleep is the most important part of your day for numerous reasons we will discuss below.
YES! Teaching Sleep Science is BIG BUSINESS. And, nearly all people need your help.
Here are some sleep facts to consider before we teach you how to successfully start and operate your sleep science coaching business: [Read more…]
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on economies across the globe. As the virus spread from country to country, governments in every country made decisions on how to implement lockdown and restrictions and social distancing.
Not all countries put in place the same measures, some were much stricter than others. But one thing that has been commonplace is an increase in the number of people who are working from home. [Read more…]
We all talk about balance, such as a work-life balance. This phrasing is a bit of a misguided metaphor that ignores the nuances and hard realities of our human experiences. To truly achieve balance, we are each forced to contend with the trade-offs. It’s almost as if our client feels that they have to give up one part of their life for another part to emerge… a better part. But we also know that we can’t have everything. [Read more…]
One of the many blessings of the internet is that coaching and training entrepreneurs can easily work with their clients without meeting physically or having an office space.
More people are working from home. If you’re new to working remotely, these scheduling tips can help you stay productive and maintain balance.
Don’t let the comfort of being home prevent you from developing an office mindset every morning, evening, or night that you begin working. Even though you are at home, you should designate an office-like area of your home, own a quality computer, and have fast reliable internet service.
If you have a family or roommates, make sure they know that interruptions should be kept to a minimum while you are working. You can only keep to your schedule if you treat your home working hours as if you are in an office setting.
If you don’t control your schedule, your schedule will soon control you. As you build a system to manage the time you’re going to work, you need to make the most important decision. How often will you work? A flexible routine is both a blessing and a curse for many people.
Will you work seven days a week? Four days a week? Forty hours, no more and no less? How many hours a day you work will ultimately depend on how many opportunities and clients you have and how much money you want to make.
Just as if you were going to an office, you need to eat daily meals. You need energy to work. Also, because you may be working from home, it can be easy to develop unorthodox work habits, like not eating because you want to power through a project. Remember to eat regularly. It will break up the monotony of work, give you energy, and let you take a break.
Whether you work from nine to five, five to midnight, midnight to seven AM, or beyond the typical eight hour day, you must set your work hours. It will give you a routine to follow.
Know what you must do during your work hours and do it. Accomplish your work. Get things done. Then do it again tomorrow. You should also make looking for new clients a regular part of your work schedule. How much money you make and how much work you have will depend upon your initiative to always look for new clients.
Overall, you need to figure out how much you should be working, how many clients you should have at any given time, and how it fits into your schedule. Distractions and the undeniable comforts of home can become distractions to keeping to your schedule. You can, and should if needed, make your home working space distraction-proof. You can use online social media website blocking apps while you work. Work in real time via cloud sharing so you are always up-to-date with your documents.
The truth is that you should always make time for a 30+ minute workout routine every day you work. If you make it part of your schedule it will be something to look forward to and will help you form your routine. As you work, you will be sitting down for prolonged periods of time. Too much sitting can compress veins in your legs, impact heart health and muscle tone. Moreover, it can make your body stiff to movement.
You can’t afford to get sick, ill, or suffer injury due to illness or physical injury. You can only work your optimal best when you are healthy. Plus, when you make workouts part of your schedule, you will break the monotony of work and have something to look forward to during your work schedule.
You need rest and you need time to sleep, but don’t overdo it. Regular sleep at the same time every day will help you craft, and keep, to your schedule. But beware–if you give in to procrastination, or start sleeping too comfortably for long periods, you will disrupt your work schedule.
You may need to adjust for your family or other responsibilities. Adapt your schedule as you see fit.
The point is, create your schedule according to your life and responsibilities. Then stick with it every day that you work. You may be working from home, but it is best to have a “going to the office” mindset every day to keep you dedicated to your schedule. This is the only way to keep you dedicated to working consistently.
The barriers to entering the coaching and consulting markets are relatively low. Anybody can develop a website, take, edit and upload photos to any number of social media platforms, and share their expertise on social media.
You can customize your coaching career by moving it online. Yes, of course, you can still work with clients in-person if you like. You can do both. It’s up to you. The benefits of offering online coaching are extensive!
1. You will save time by eliminating your commute.
2. You save money because you won’t be splitting commissions with anyone.
3. You can make your own hours.
4. The world’s online population can now be your clients.
5. You can work at a coffee house, the beach, a co-work space, or at
the kitchen table.
6. You can offer whatever type of coaching, training, or consulting you want.
If you’ve been thinking about going online, or if you tried before and just lacked the needed skills, this is the time to get everything you need to become highly successful. The Online Coaching Certification is your step-by-step blueprint to build a highly profitable online coaching business.
Between NESTA and the Spencer Institute, we have well over 25 courses, certifications, and business systems to help you build a totally customized career and business. You have the choice to add and combine the programs in any way which serves you and your clients best.
Our team is here to help you thrive during this crisis and provide our members with constant support during this unprecedented time. As always, we welcome your thoughts and feedback. We are grateful for the opportunity to serve the coaching industry.
Stay healthy!
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With the rise of at-home and online business, many people are wondering if they need a business license to run an at-home or online coaching, training or consulting business. Does that sound familiar? Are you in that boat? If so, here is what you need to know! [Read more…]
Achieving that perfect work-life balance can be quite the delicate balancing act for a lot of people. However, if you are a parent that is also working as a coach or consultant, it can throw your stress levels into overdrive.
It is no secret that working parents have a lot on their plates. On top of being good at their jobs, they also have to make sure the kids get to school okay every day, take care of after-school activities and homework, and manage childcare, all at the same time.
If you are working from home as a coach or consultant, chances are that, like most working parents, you are struggling to find that perfect work-life balance. It is not uncommon these days for parents to have feelings of guilt that they cannot give their home life as much time as it deserves, or feel like their work is suffering because they cannot dedicate as much energy to it as they feel they should.
In truth, there is no single piece of advice that will help you create a work-life balance while working from home as a coach/consultant. However, there are several things that you can do to help ease the stress. Here are some of them: [Read more…]
As many people consider how to work from home, most of us don’t realize what we take for granted back at the office. After all, the spaces there are typically tailored for productivity and give us everything we need to do our job well.
Working from home might sound exciting but, once you consider the logistics behind it all, it can also become a bit daunting.
You will still be expected to perform at a high level and your workspace has a huge impact on that. We’ve done some research into how to best set up a home office to optimize for efficiency, comfort, and productivity, and we’ve narrowed our advice down into these 10 tips: [Read more…]
Providing professional online coaching or consulting opens up an entire world of possibilities. Suddenly you’re no longer limited by location.
But when faced with a whole planet filled with prospects, how do you narrow down your target market and connect with the people most likely to pay for your services? How can you add enough value to your service so people beg to buy something they can get for free with a couple of clicks?
Identify the outcome the client is trying to achieve. Instead of searching for “online coach,” or “online consultant,” which is a way to achieve an outcome, a client might search by the benefit they hope to receive, such as “better sleep,” “decrease stress,” or “increased energy.”
By anticipating the prospect’s perspective, you’ll be able to find your target market, build relationships with them, and get more clients online. [Read more…]