by Dr. Caron Goode | Nov 12, 2017 | Mindset and Money
Practicality Versus Passion
Your passion skills set is best recalled from enjoyable childhood moments. Do you remember moments in your childhood that felt freeing and fun? One that I remember was bike riding on a Saturday afternoon. The freedom to explore and wind around different neighborhoods cleared my mind and rejuvenated my body. The passion skills set of exploring neighborhoods and enjoying the outdoors is now my walking daily to clear my head and get a fresh perspective on business or a project.
Such childhood memories that we’re passionate about aren’t really the most practical things to do when we grow up and become “responsible.” So we often put off when more pressing “responsible” concerns arise like taking the kids to extracurricular activities.
Truths About Passion Skills and Temperaments
If your passion feels obscure or far away, you may not think that the practical skills are worth exploring. However they are, and if you identify with even one of these three reasons, then do explore how to make your passion skills set practical.
- Fifty percent of our motivation to pursue a passion stems from our core temperament(s). From temperaments comes what we value, and our innate drive keeps pushing us toward using our strengths and putting talents to use. If you don’t use your innate talents, you don’t lose them. Quite the contrary happens. They rise up and get in your face!
- Thus you cannot squash your passion. It keeps nudging you, reminding you, trying to motivate you to a course of action.
- You will always feel out of sync when not aligned with values and using passion skills set. The best examples I can provide are the men and women who have pursued the careers of their parents or went for what they “thought” was the right thing, only to be disappointed later.
The solution to staying motivated is to bring your passion skills set into practical living and practical projects. It is possible to find the practical skills behind your passion. My passion has always been writing, and, eventually in my adult years, I followed these steps to embrace my passion. If I didn’t, it hounded me.
“There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”
—Nelson Mandela
Writing Short Stories
Let’ start with the more common one. There are many secret writers, who love to create poetry or prose, but we all know that most authors don’t end up on the best seller list. In fact, most writers never make a dime from their writings. They write and narrate because they feel the calling to do so. They enjoy writing because it motivates them and makes them happy. They are using their core strengths, which is a natural thing to do. The are building a skill set and making it better each time
The Creative Magic Sparks
When someone is following a normal talent or motivation or nudge, a spark of magic happens, and the door of creativity opens. Ideas pour into the writer’s mind. A strange character for the novel introduces herself. The ending of the story took a new turn and recreated a new ending.
Like the old writer’s joke says: How can I start writing? Answer: Sit down and start start writing. In the literal sense, when you practice your passion, even for fun and just for yourself, you are honing the creative skills.
“It’s your place in the world; it’s your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live.” —Mae Jemison
Here are more steps to discover these skills.
- Take an objective look at what you do as a writer.
When you sit down to write something, take a moment and jot down all of the things that you’re doing or are about to do. For example:
Create a story
Organize the idea
Create characters
Research/describe the setting of the story
Commit to a project from start to finish
- Research the job descriptions of writer. Do a web search for “writer job description.” This will give you some great insight into the skills built through writing.
Make a list of the skills you find in a few of the job.
Go through the list and pull out skills that you feel apply best to you and add them to the first
- Research writers’ websites and look at the services they provide to give you some insight into skills you hadn’t considered. Add them to your list.
Now you ave created a real-life practical skills list for a passion that motivates your path. If you decide to take the next steps, they are mix, mingle, and learn.
Writers are often solitary souls who need a writer’s group for support. Join one or start one.
Go to writing events and talk to other writers who love what they do as much as you do. There are conferences, festivals and networking events for a wide variety of topics.
Find local writing events by doing a web search. Not only will you learn about the skills that you have developed, you might meet some cool new writing friends to support you in following your passion..
You can use these same steps to find passion skills sets in any area, and start using them to follow the natural course of your motivating strengths.
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Have a look at our courses and get one step closer to your dream life.
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by Dr. Caron Goode | Oct 27, 2017 | Business Training & Marketing Courses
Coaches’s income streams takes planning premium content in varied formats and specific marketing sources to insure that you meet your income goals.
Setting Realistic Goals for Multiple Income Streams
Coaches are interpersonal helpers and need emotional and financial security. Most coaches I’ve met are not financially savvy people, but willing to learn and gain the financial planning skills.
So I ask, “How much do you want to earn?”
“Well,” the coach responds,”I guess it depends on what clients are willing to pay?”
“Wrong. It depends on what you want to earn? Let’s start planning what you want to earn.”
To make an annual income of $40, 000 you would spend 18 hours a week working one-to-one with clients.
Add five hours a week to consistently market your coaching practice, and you have 23 hours total of your work week.
Most likely you would have no more hours available if you have other people in your life who need you. You also have to consider your fatigue factor, burnout rate, or your ability to be inspiring all the time.
At ACPI, we encourage you to be more creative and find more fun ways to engage your clients. All of the ways you engage your clients in exchange for their investments are multiple income streams. Stop trading your valuable time for money and see below this sample of multiple income streams.
Go For The Larger Income Model From the Beginning
Why we at ACPI suggest that you began with larger income goals is to inspire your ideas and to motivate you to create a true business vision. Then through planning your Relationship Coaching business financial goals, you can initiate a six-month or twelve month plan to offer ready made courses, group coaching, training in emotional competence skills, as well as information products. ACPI provides these courses for you.
Many coaches start by pricing their services lower to attract more clients. Then when they are busy and their time is scheduled, they have no choice but to increase those hourly fees and risk losing those clients who are paying already. Why not focus on clients who have the ability to pay for your services up front and recognize the value you provide.
Few coaches, who come from helping professions to ACPI, have set income goals and actually brainstormed on how to achieve that.
The multiple income streams below have a targeted number of clients drawn to what you offer in a variety of courses, teleseminars, private coaching, or live trainings. You can see that even with minimal training, your ability to earn income can include any activities you like to provide.
Otherwise without offering what you are passionate about, you are more likely to burn out and be overwhelmed. So see what is possible below. Use this sample income stream chart to plan your own Relationship Coaching journey.
Planning Income Example
Income Stream | Frequency | Monthly Income | 6 Month income projection |
| One hour coaching for 8-weeks | One hour @ $85.00/4 weeks x 8 clients | $2720 | $16,320 |
| Course 1: Core Temperament Communication | 4-week course and group coaching for 20 people @ $150 | $3000 Offer 2x in 6 months | $6000 |
| Course 2: Emotional Skills in Relationships | 4-week course and coaching support for couples.10 couples @ $500 each | $5000 Offer once every 6 months. | $5000 |
| One-day Live Training in Relationships | For 10 couples @ $897 per couple. | $8970 Offer once every 6 months | $8970 |
| Teleseminars | 2 teleseminars per month @ $20.00–40 people per month | $4800 | $4800 |
| Total | | | $41,090.00 |
by Dr. Caron Goode | Sep 15, 2017 | Business Training & Marketing Courses
Use this checklist to ensure you do not miss any valuable steps in planning a successful business. Your niche research gives you a solid foundation, and your market can grow exponentially.
Niche Research
Choosing your niche is one of the most important decisions you ever make in your business. Remember to take plenty of time to conduct thorough niche research in this area. Here are some things to keep in mind:
The niche research I’ve chosen:
- Is interesting
- Is something I’m passionate about
- Is profitable
- Is evergreen (it has year-round interest)
- It has a sense of urgency with lots of customers looking for real solutions to their problems.
I’ve considered my goals for this business, and I know:
- What I want to achieve with this business.
- How much money I want to earn.
I’ve determined my marketing strategy, and I have to decide:
- Will I be targeting the global market?
- Will I be targeting the local market?
- Which countries have the most interest in the niche and related topics?
- What are the top problems people in this niche have?
- Which solutions are people seeking?
I also have prepared in this way:
- A list of related search suggestions to help me plan future content and possible ads
- A list of trending hot topics
- A list of existing tried-and-true products (solutions) that stand the test of time as well as rising/trendy products
- My list of keywords
- Information on pay-per-click ads to help me generate marketing and ad ideas.
- Details on how widespread the niche is with advertisers
by Dr. Caron Goode | Apr 4, 2017 | You are an Entrepreneur
Does the title Certified Parent Coach show up in your mind? Do you play the role of mentoring families in your head? Here is why you do, and it is good news.
People go into entrepreneurship for the freedom of managing their own time and resources. It is a good reason, but they need to plan their entrepreneurial journey.
3. Envisioning: To see in your mind the steps to business success are clues that depict two facts:
You can manifest the vision.
The steps will make themselves known to you. Your job is to watch for the positive (or negative) clues.
I see this quite often when professionals call ACPI about being a parenting coach. They think about it, and suddenly see the term online, and click through to the site. They have a dream about it. They’ve expressed interest in parent coaching and then meet a parent coach. You can call it synchronous, but I call it manifesting one’s intention.
Th result is a clear vision of the plan or objectives of the business.
Planning gives the entrepreneur the ability of foresight enabling allocation of resources for any outcomes.
4. Being Determined
After the creation of the action plan, entrepreneurs decide to commit and maintain a high level of determination to attain success. Believe it or not, the determining and planning keep you interested and motivated enough to commit for the long term.
Sustaining is an extension of determination.
Business involves a commitment to the workload. Will you accept that the buck stops there with you? This challenge is enough to discourage an entrepreneur.
Before you embark on the journey, you must be fully determined to see the business through, and this will prop you up even when the pressure of the market mounts.
Learn from failures
Sustain determination
Envision and plan for strong profits.
You have to start over again if a failure should happen. Claim the tenacity of building a better business
5. Be Passionate
Passion is the fuel that drives commitment and determination necessary to succeed on the entrepreneurial journey. As an entrepreneur, you have to appreciate what you do, and it starts with knowing why you went into the business.
Passion based on your business’s particular mission is an intrinsic drive that carries you through the long days and the long nights that consume your energy for life. Without passion, you will quickly cave into the stress, and the pressure and your entrepreneurial journey will be a short lived one. Passion provides the entrepreneur with an internal reward that sustains them between paydays.
