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How long have you been working with a As a coach yourself why do you think it’s
SPOTLIGHT
This month we spotlight coach and trainer coach? important for you to have a coach?
Dana Bickford, founding Hot Pursuit Nation Off and on since 2004, consistently and Oh! My! Goodness!
Legacy Member. She shares the value of seriously since 2011 Personally….to continue to grow in self-aware-
coaching as both a client and a coach. ness, to be my best and do my best, to model
What made you seek out a coach in the what I believe, to keep me thinking differently
1st place? and at a higher level of clarity.
Professionally…it causes me to be a much bet-
I realized to be at the top of my game person- ter coach for my clients AND it shows them that
ally and professionally and to continue to grow I value the importance of coaching
Contributing Author: DANA BICKFORD intentionally I needed someone in my life to
help me think differently…to take me from
functional to optimal…by asking me the right Who is coaching “right” for? Can anyone
questions. I could not “see the picture from benefit from having a coach?
inside the frame” and needed someone to help ANYONE!! No seriously….truly anyone that has
me see myself. not reached their fullest potential in ANY
“bucket” of their life and wants to be more. By
How did you find your coach? “bucket” I mean the areas of our life that are
Through friends and professional colleagues important to us….personal, family, intimate
that were using coaches AND getting RESULTS! relationships, spiritual, health, financial, profes-
sional, etc. Those who want to discover who
What qualities were important to you they were created to be and live life according
to their purpose. I have yet to meet anyone in
when seeking out a coach? my 25+ years in this [coaching] business that
Trustworthy was completely satisfied (didn’t want to grow)
Confidentiality in at least one, and usually several, areas of their
Dana
Results-driven life.
ZERO judgement
Had MY best interest at heart….NO AGENDAS What has been the biggest impact in
Encourager your life that having a coach has made?
Would ask me tough questions that caused me
to do “deep dives” of inner work It keeps me in my heart vs. my head.
When I am living in my HEAD…..
What stories were you telling yourself I think differently…over think, analyze
that once you started working with a I think vs act
coach you realized were simply limiting I doubt and am “self”-centered
belief systems? I get and stay paralyzed…even when I KNOW
That I didn’t know what to do. That to be what to do
where I wanted to be would take time away
from my family….single, raising a grandchild When I am living in my HEART…
and my adult kids lived far away. That people I know what I know
Her story about that didn’t know me and/or weren’t referred I know who I am
I am “others” centered
to me, wouldn’t hire me, I wasn’t an “expert”.
transforming herself, That where I “was” was really ok….it was ok to I take action
I am asking questions…not any questions, but
“settle” for less than what I really wanted
her career the right questions that keep me in my heart
so I can continue to be my true authentic self,
and the clients she serves making choices accordingly and living in integ-
rity with myself
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