• Co-Active Coaching Quotes
Co-Active Coaching Quotes:
The following quotes from “Co-Active Coaching,” a book written by the founders of The Coaches Training Institute, eloquently describe what coaching is and how it provides a powerful change process for people.
1. “Imagine a relationship where the total focus is on you, on what you want in your life, and on what will help you achieve it. The coaching relationship is like that.”
2. “Imagine a relationship with someone who is totally curious about your dreams and aspirations, what makes you tick, what you value, what you are most passionate about in your life—a person who will help you clarify your goals and provide the tools for action and learning that lead to the results you want.”
3. “Imagine a relationship with someone who will absolutely tell you the truth—the truth about where you are strong, for example, and where you sell yourself short—someone who knows you can handle it and knows that’s what you want. Someone who sees how big you can be and constantly holds that big image for you—even when you can’t hold it for yourself.”
4. “Imagine someone who listens to you without judgment and allows you to show emotion—in fact, accepts you without analyzing you. Imagine you get to talk to this person every week, even when you’ve just made a mess of things or when you’ve had great success. This is the place you visit regularly and consistently—to consolidate, to integrate, and to push on.”
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5. “Imagine a relationship where you finally break free of those self-limiting conversations you’ve been having over the years—where now the voices of defeat and sabotage are simply noticed for what they are and the powerful part of you is always encouraged.”
6. “Coaching involves the active and collaborative participation of both the coach and the client.” “Coaching is a powerful relationship for people making changes in their life.”
7. “Imagine someone listening, not only to your words, but also to what’s behind them—who even listens to the spaces between the words. . .who is intent on receiving everything you communicate. Someone who listens to the very best in you, even when you can’t hear it in yourself.”
8. “Imagine a relationship in your life with a person who is sometimes even more committed to what you want in your life than you are. Image what it would be like if someone knew your values and life purpose and was holding you true to them.”
9. “Imagine someone who will hold you accountable and keep you moving forward toward your dreams and goals.”
10. “Coaching creates a context where people regularly work on the most important issues of their lives. It also functions on a process level to help people understand who and where they are in their lives.”
11. “(Coaching) addresses the whole person—with an emphasis on producing action and uncovering learning that can lead to more fulfillment, more balance, and more effective process for living.”
12. “Think of someone in your family or a close friend who is going through change. Imagine what a gift it would be for them to have a coach in their life—a professional trained to make maximum use of listening, communicating, and intuition skills to help people live full lives.”
13. “ . . .just when people need the courage to take risks for the sake of change—(coaching provides) proven strategies for staying on track and overcoming the self-administered sabotage that often holds them back.”
14. “A profession that works with individual clients to help them achieve results and sustain life-changing behavior in their lives and careers.”
15. “ . . .just when people need the courage to take risks for the sake of change—(coaching provides) proven strategies for staying on track and overcoming the self-administered sabotage that often holds them back.”
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