What does coaching ask of an individual?

To be successful, coaching asks certain things, all of which begin with intention. Additionally, clients should: 

• Focus on one’s self, the tough questions, the hard truths and one’s success. 
• Observe the behaviors and communications of others. 
• Listen to one’s intuition, assumptions, judgments, and to the way one sounds when one speaks. 
• Challenge existing attitudes, beliefs and behaviors and develop new ones that serve one’s goals in a superior way. 
• Leverage personal strengths and overcome limitations to develop a winning style. 
• Take decisive actions, however uncomfortable and in spite of personal insecurities, to reach for the extraordinary. 
• Show compassion for one’s self while learning new behaviors and experiencing setbacks, and to show that compassion for others as they do the same. 
• Commit to not take one’s self so seriously, using humor to lighten and brighten any situation. 
• Maintain composure in the face of disappointment and unmet expectations, avoiding emotional reactivity.
• Have the courage to reach for more than before while engaging in continual self examination without fear.