Just to provide a gauge of how lost I was before doing this journey – the words I used for myself was FROZEN out of action.
I am an IT Architect and have a well-paying job, but knew I have a deep passion to coach and serve, but was deeply anchored into the mindset of having to work tooooo hard to get this going. I was getting clients, but one may be every month or even 2 months.
Should I leave my job and pursue this? Cant do that 😐
What if it doesn’t work?
I don’t know how coaches make $500/hr hour, clients say $100 is too expensive?
How do I approach people? Who do I approach?
I created so many videos and only had like 65 followers on Instagram, so people don’t want what I have to say.
So much self doubt, so much chatter. And all of this was draining my spirit despite my innate confidence to be deliver 200% value to each and every clients who was coming my way.
Should I leave my job and pursue this? Cant do that 😐
What if it doesn’t work?
I don’t know how coaches make $500/hr hour, clients say $100 is too expensive?
How do I approach people? Who do I approach?
I created so many videos and only had like 65 followers on Instagram, so people don’t want what I have to say.
So much self doubt, so much chatter. And all of this was draining my spirit despite my innate confidence to be deliver 200% value to each and every clients who was coming my way.
In the past 5 months of the Accelerator quest, I have gone really really deep, down to the core of the entrepreneur spirit in me to obtain clarity on what is it I really want from the coaching business. As the lessons have progressed, I have done some inner work and I know I am a leadership coach who helps people not only become leaders in their business or jobs, but leaders of their own lives.
Over the past month while visiting family in India and holidaying I sold 2 sessions at $500/hr each. I was amazed at myself on how far I have come. I felt have absolutely no negative emotion, no fear of rejection, no guilt, no assumptions while asking for a desired amount for my services. I did not even sell, they just came.
(I have tried selling sessions to prospective clients in India before. Due to the higher dollar conversion rate and the explosion of competition of coaching services in India, the buying capacity is perceived low or so I thought.)
The best part is those clients want to work on an ongoing basis and now in the process of signing up for 3 months of coaching.
And suddenly, people are reaching out from everywhere inquiring about my services.
What the quest has aced for me:
1. Bringing clarity in me on what I want, not just from my business but from myself. (We don’t get what we want, we get who we are 😊)
2. Raising awareness – I can be heart centered, but still have a very successful coaching business.
3. I now have a structure to approach, to build trust and to close.
Over the past month while visiting family in India and holidaying I sold 2 sessions at $500/hr each. I was amazed at myself on how far I have come. I felt have absolutely no negative emotion, no fear of rejection, no guilt, no assumptions while asking for a desired amount for my services. I did not even sell, they just came.
(I have tried selling sessions to prospective clients in India before. Due to the higher dollar conversion rate and the explosion of competition of coaching services in India, the buying capacity is perceived low or so I thought.)
The best part is those clients want to work on an ongoing basis and now in the process of signing up for 3 months of coaching.
And suddenly, people are reaching out from everywhere inquiring about my services.
What the quest has aced for me:
1. Bringing clarity in me on what I want, not just from my business but from myself. (We don’t get what we want, we get who we are 😊)
2. Raising awareness – I can be heart centered, but still have a very successful coaching business.
3. I now have a structure to approach, to build trust and to close.
And so NOT FROZEN out of action anymore.