Hi Brooke!
This is my first month in scholars and I’m loving it. Thank you so much for all of the value you have packed into this $10 Mercedes!!!!!
I am currently a full time high school teacher transitioning to becoming a coach. My goal for November is to define my niche and begin to build my first program for my coaching business. I was deciding between weight loss coaching (I’m doing your Stop Overeating Program and I’ve lost 10 of my 60 pounds already) or dating coaching (I am divorced and dated for 3 years before meeting my man–who proposed to me last weekend! So he’s now my fiance! Hurray!) I have decided on dating coaching as I feel confident I can help women with this problem tremendously. I have no doubt that I will be an outstanding coach, and I am 100% committed to doing the work (self-coaching, building on my best asset (my brain), and selling my assets).
I have two questions related to my transition to becoming a coach.
1. I have been working this morning on defining my niche. I am wondering if this is specific enough:
Professional, well-educated/smart, divorced moms over 40 who want to get remarried and are open to online dating.
I am specifically wondering if “well educated” should be “smart” instead, and is this more important than “professional.” I know that your work resonates with me strongly because you are SMART and I love your book title If I’m So Smart Why Can’t I Lose Weight. I had that exact thought for YEARS before I found your work. So, I believe I can in particular help women who are smart.
My second question is about certification. I am on the waitlist for your coaching certification in September 2018, but I doubt I’ll make it (Kim says there are hundreds on the waitlist). I don’t want to wait for 2019 to become certified, yet I don’t want to get certified by anyone else. Do you think being in SCS for a year, with diligent work, commitment to self-coaching, focus, and results, provide me with enough training in order to start a coaching practice? I would then get certified in 2019 if I am accepted into the program? Alternatively, do you think any other programs are worth it (I assume you don’t–I’m sure yours is the best!)
Thank you again!
Laura
