Personal Life Coaching: How to Coach Yourself
Do you need personal life coaching? Well, I don't think you need to be coached when you can do it yourself! That's why I will discuss three "bulletproof" ways of coaching yourself. Take them or leave them as you wish!
1. Be disciplined
"The successful student forces himself to study" is a phrase I've used a lot. There are times when you simply have to make yourself do something. What has to be done just has to be done, period.
Put up a note on your wall reminding you of your goals, and look at it whenever you feel tired.
2. Use sanctions
Yes, you heard me! The UN doesn't have exclusive rights to sanctions! What do I mean by that? Say you want to get a paper finished within a week. What do you do?
Let's say you love ice cream and can't "live" without it. Promise yourself (and be honest) to stop eating ice cream if you haven't finished your work by the deadline. If a week has passed and you're still not finished...
Goodbye, ice cream!
3. Reversed sanctions
I couldn't come up with a better name for it. Basically, instead of punishing yourself when you haven't done the work, you start with the punishment!
Why? Just think about it: you won't have any ice cream until you've finished your homework or studied for the exam (or whatever the task is).
In my view, this one is more effective.
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