Ep 10 - 8 Reasons Why You Should Work With a Coach

Inspiring Women in Business

What’s it like to work with a coach or a mentor? What are the benefits and is there a difference?

In this episode, I talk about the difference between a coach and a mentor. I also share reasons why working with a coach can be that missing piece that can help you take your business to the next level. Listen up and take some notes.

Key takeaways from this episode:

• The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself.
• A coach helps support you move towards your goals, not by advising, but by asking questions by being present and utilising active listening to help you find your answers.
• A good coach or mentor will give you unbiased feedback.
• A good business coach will help you see your blind spots because you're too close to your business to see the gold and the opportunities.
• A good coach will help you close your knowledge gaps because you don't know what you don't know.
• We all need some form of accountability.
• Finding the right person to support you is crucial.

Episode Timeline:

00:04 Intro

01:08 Episode Topic

02:43 The difference between a coach and mentor

05:20 Eight reasons why working with a coach can help your business and change your life

05:28 Navigation

06:03 Focus

06:30 Personal attention

06:45 Unbiased Feedback

08:12 Blind spots

09:40 Knowledge gaps

11:52 Accountability

13:07 Outro

More about Ruth:

Hi, I’m Ruth, a business coach specializing in helping freelancers and business owners adjust their mindset and their marketing so they can get fully booked with clients they LOVE to work with. I’ve helped hundreds of self-employed women achieve the time and money freedom they craved.

I’ve started this podcast because when I first went all in and left the corporate world to be a freelancer, I was grateful for any work that came my way. After over 20 years of freelancing and working for other people, I started to realize I’d created a glass ceiling for myself.

In 2017, I finally started listening to that voice that had been telling me for a long time that I wasn’t doing what I loved and fulfilling my true potential. It took a critical illness to give me that wake-up call. I don’t want the same to happen to you.

You can expect practical advice, inspiring stories, and a lot of aha moments as we uncover and kick to the curb all the obstacles you have been putting in your way.

I’m on a mission to inspire women to start and play bigger in business.

Connect and know more about Ruth Gilbey here:

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