What is Launch Coaching?
Posted on September 07, 2017 by Paul Sanbar, One of Thousands of Life Coaches on Noomii.
An intersection of Life & Career Coaching, Launch Coaching allows you to find the fuel that resides within you to help propel you where you want to go
If the thought of working with a coach has crossed your mind, it is likely because you’ve also been mulling over a desire or decision to either move upward or forward in some aspect of your life.
Up a wrung on the life or career ladder.
Forward towards what you’ve been dreaming of becoming or believing about yourself.
Again, ponder the word ‘Launch’ if you haven’t yet already. When something, anything, launches it can only launch anywhere between upward and forward.
Up.
Ahead.
Onward.
This is where we go in Launch Coaching.
You: You are energy. You are the product of your choices, even the ones you choose not to make. Regardless of whether or not your recent bout of stagnation or lack of destination has you believing otherwise, you are the captain. The same is true for our potential coaching relationship. This is your journey and I believe that you have everything within you to reach your desired destination.
Me: I am a coach. A word with roots to a time before engines and fuel-powered propulsion. Without a captain and some energy, a coach, or carriage, is merely a vessel or container. But when we strike as one, together, we are a modern-day coach and captain: a rocket ship.
A fusion that helps to contain and ignite this energy to which you may move towards these goals.
But where specifically shall we go? Therein lies the first and most important facet of coaching. Where to go and why it’s important to go there. You see, a rocket ship with no coordinates, no clearly defined destination, is but a firework. Like an epiphany-inspired idea, BANG! It sparks and shoots upward. It is bright and pretty at first, but lacking a purposeful direction, it fizzles out and falls harmlessly back to earth.
No doubt, you’ve watched many fireworks, ignited from a long-held dream or a new idea, rise above your mind’s eye and make your immediate perspective intensify for a few moments, before a limiting belief or a lack of purposeful organization brings this momentum crashing back to earth. Our work is to envision an image where that spark has a fully developed purpose and your beliefs are limitless. A future place which resides within you – and – just beyond the edge of your comfort zone.
Sure, outside of your comfort zone an uneasy place.
This is why we’re going there… together. A coach and captain: A rocket ship.
Just as the astronaut must fully trust its rocket before they flip the ignition, it is my duty to forge a relationship that makes this place as comfortable and inviting as possible for you to launch this rocket ship into the unknown.
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We lift off with a clearly defined destination and with powerful questions, we create an experience.
This is the second facet of coaching: The How. Both the ‘How will you get there?’ and the ‘How will you stay committed to it?’
Because you are now moving towards your desired destination and you are soaring higher, you trust your rocket ship to not only continue moving forward but also to help you maintain good contact with mother earth; where the work is truly done. Your coach, acts as both the vessel and command center, with a consistent communique via phone and technology to ensure your coordinates are still accurate, your physical fuel levels are strong and your mental and emotional mainframes are healthy.
You feel safe to continue pushing your comfort zone. You feel energized to endure, even when you lose sight of the known. You feel supported, even when you’re out there on your own and the challenges come at you faster due to your increased pace. You see, we’ve already worked to understand the known and yet, unknown challenges. We’ve plotted multiple outcomes in preparation and we’ve tested them in session so you know how to maneuver through them outside of it. Finally, and not to be forgotten, we’ve made sure to celebrate each step so you’re reminded of why you’ve decided to go further than you’ve ever known.
I am ready to take this journey with you… ready to launch?
