I recently saw a post from someone asking if you should / could hire a fat business coach. (I’m paraphrasing.) I kid you not, some of the responses included the “Maybe they’re not fat, but just big boned” defense for obesity. I hadn’t heard that one in a long time. =)
But, because I’m working diligently on my own fitness level, it got me thinking….
So, SHOULD you hire a fat business coach?
The person who wrote this Facebook post values fitness as a TOP priority. Should she hire a “soft, pudgy, or even “big boned” (lol…) business coach?
DEFINITELY NOT.
Because they would not be aligned. One is willing to forego fitness for other pursuits, maybe including financial success. The other — if cuffed to the desk — would cut her left hand off to make it to the gym.
Sound silly? Does it sound SILLY to NOT hire a business coach simply because she’s FAT? When that business coach is getting exactly the results you want in your business?
NOT TO ME.
NOT IF FITNESS IS YOUR TOP VALUE.
This is NOT about vanity or about a certain size….
It’s all about THIS: the HOW of creating success MATTERS.
When my kids were young, I wouldn’t hire a business coach who used a live in nanny or au pair. WHY? Her “how” didn’t align with mine. I wanted the success, yes… but my CORE and TOP priorities were that of wife and mom. I didn’t want to delegate that which mattered most to me.
The coach I worked with the longest had / has not only a thriving (and simple) business, but a thriving and passionate marriage. This is my TOP priority.
I don’t love to travel for work. So anyone who is promoting a “50 cities in 50 days” route to success — even if the result they’re creating is EXACTLY what I want — isn’t a fit for me.
I won’t do affiliate crap. So, Anyone who makes millions selling affiliate programs isn’t a fit for me.
I demand FULL control over my schedule. So, anyone who is frazzled, harried, rushing all the time — even if the “end” is what I want– isn’t a fit for me.
For me, the end WILL never justify the MEANS.
I have to LIVE the “means” every day. In this ONE LIFE I get to live.
So, the perfect business coach for you? Well, she (or he) won’t be perfect. But you DO want to ask two questions:
Do you WANT what they’ve created?
Do you LIKE / ALIGN with how they’ve created it?
Both questions matter equally… and perhaps the second more than the first.
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