This past weekend I experienced one of the most profound life-changing seminars I can imagine. I attended a 4-day seminar with a "Peak Performance Coach" (Tony Robbins!) who was able to evoke perhaps every single emotion a human is capable of within 4 days, while sharing some incredible wisdom.
While attending the seminar, aside from actually truly enjoying what I was learning, I was thinking about the actual "business" of coaching - whether it's someone who is a tennis coach, Performance Coach, or speech coach - and how it differs from other seemingly similar professions like Consulting and Teaching.
The similarities between Consulting and Coaching are:
- you generally have a set hourly rate
- you can purchase time in discrete units
- you do have differing tiers of expertise
- the best coaches can charge a lot more for their services
- generally you don't need certification but your ability to deliver results will be very relevant.
But then, what is the difference between a "coach", a "teacher", and a "consultant" ?
Here is what I've discovered:
Generally, it seems that a coach is much more "invested" in a student's success, where a teacher is a much more cut-and-dry professional function - though a very important one. I have been very lucky so far as a student with so many teachers who are also invested in the success of their students.
Any one of these, however, can be your "GURU"...
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