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Becoming a professional life coach; lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training.


9780393705058

Becoming a professional life coach; lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training.

Williams, Patrick and Diane S. Menendez.

W.W. Norton

2007

349 pages

$40.00

Hardcover

A Norton professional book

BF637

Master-certified life coaches with the Institute for Life Coach Training, founded by Williams, introduce life coaching This article needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.
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 as an "operating system operating system (OS)

Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs.
" for helping people navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web.

(2) To move through the menu structure in a software application.
 life transitions. After reviewing the history of this new profession, they discuss the skills entailed; distinctions between coaching, consulting, mentoring, and therapy; defining/refining life purpose; and dealing with obstacles by developing "flexible optimism." Chapters drawing on eclectic e·clec·tic  
adj.
1. Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles: an eclectic taste in music; an eclectic approach to managing the economy.

2.
 sources (e.g., poets, psychologists This list includes notable psychologists and contributors to psychology, some of whom may not have thought of themselves primarily as psychologists but are included here because of their important contributions to the discipline. , The Purpose-Driven Life) include frequently asked questions, exercises for both coaches and clients, and resources.

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