Do I Need a Coach to Help me Realise my Dreams?

Have you ever felt  that you've been searching for that crutch to help you get to your dreams because you haven't felt personally worthy or powerful enough to make them come true.

Just about everyone who ever made their dream a reality had help to get them there. There's a pretty good chance that's why you're reading this right? If that's true I can completely empathise with you. I've been there along with millions of others who are still searching for a way to realise that elusive dream.

For many years several coaches were supposed to deliver the magic bullet, or that piece of inspiration that will make lifelong changes possible for me. I can acknowledge the role of a coach, I have one myself but the truth is the coach is never the one taking the actions. It's never time to stop dreaming but a dream is just a dream.

All of the answers are in taking the necessary action to make the dream a reality. I'm a great believer in asking powerful questions that have me consider the next part of my journey. A coach will often put these questions before you when you haven't considered asking them yourself but we still have to get in the car and drive to our destination. It's often a long, long drive; not always just of days or weeks but often of months or years. We have to make sure we stop to refuel along the journey and gathering information such as reading this post is a way of providing that fuel but in my experience by far the best way is in having a coach. We need to remember though, that we're still the only one who's driving the car.

Some days we're on the motorway on a sunny day and the route is smooth and direct but as often as not there are a maze of country roads, thunderstorms, traffic jams, rocky terrain, unseen hazards or even complete loss of visibility. There's always the unforeseen possibility of a breakdown or getting lost for a while. The question is, "would we let the possibility of a breakdown or being lost temporarily prevent us from continuing the journey?" Even in the unlikely event that we did breakdown, and assuming the call of the destination was urgent enough, wouldn't we be pretty confident of finding another way to get there?

In answer to the question "Do I need a coach to help me realise my dreams?" I would say that of those at the top of the tree in their particular sphere you'll find that 99.9% have a coach but not one of them gives the coach any responsibility for what they are looking to achieve. Neither do they give him 1% of the responsibility for what they haven't achieved. But still, no fuel, no journey right?

Accountability is key and there is no one better qualified than a coach to help keep you fueled up on your journey to a better life. However, never lose sight of who's driving the car and what awaits at the end of the journey. Otherwise you're just wasting not only your time but also the time of your coach.

I'd be interested to hear about your journey with and without a coach. Please do  leave a comment.