In the realm of coaching, true mastery lies not in solving problems but in empowering individuals to conquer their challenges independently. Shift to Mastery is a powerful course for coaches who aspire to profoundly impact their clients’ futures. At the end of this course, coaches will learn how, and develop insightful moments, allowing them to move beyond the surface of quick fixes to unveil the transformative power of lasting empowerment.
“I was sitting in a chair in the patent office in Bern when all of a sudden a thought occurred to me: ‘If a person falls freely he will not feel his own weight.’ I was startled. This simple thought made a deep impression on me. It impelled me toward a theory of gravitation.” ~Albert Einstein
Eureka moments – insights – are sudden. They’re startling. They make deep impressions on us. And, they propel us to action.
This is why insights – new realizations that become new ways of thinking – are so powerful for our clients. With insight, our clients can begin their journey of extinguishing old thought patterns that have been hindrances and have created barriers to their forward progress. And this ability of insight-based learning and change is what makes coaching so powerful.
What conditions foster aha moments, and what conditions hinder them?There is a debate among scholars, but it seems most agree that insights occur from a combination of previous experiences and acquired knowledge that slowly come together to create the sudden eureka insight. Through the use of curious questioning, the use of metaphors to help clients’ view a problem in a different way, and allowing them quiet space to think, coaches can become masters at facilitating their clients’ generation of insights.
Over the last few years with the development of the event-based fMRI, neuroscience and our understanding of how the brain works in the area of generating insights has dramatically increased. Doctors and scientists can now actually watch as new neural synapses take place and how, over time, old patterns of thinking can be extinguished as they are replaced repetition of new thoughts. This is why continued coaching over time, once an insight occurs, is so important for our clients. Holding them accountable to the changes they’ve identified as important to them and having them “rehearse” their new mental path, can facilitate the extinguishing of the old patterns of thinking while the new patterns have time to take hold.
The Masterful Empowerment Coach can make all the difference for a client – and all the difference in the coach’s reputation, credibility, and their business growth.
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