I spent $50,000 on a business coach so you don’t have to

The Value of Business Coaching Having a business coach has been the most ROI positive thing in my life. In this video, I share lessons learned from my CEO coach, Eric. His expertise can be applied to both business and life.

"Eric" - A Background Story "Eric" was part of Skype's early team before their billion-dollar sale to eBay. He later became the CEO of a successful restaurant chain in the UK for 12 years before retiring and focusing on CEO coaching as his side gig.

Discovering Eric's Expertise During an interview on his podcast, I realized that "Eric" had extensive knowledge about business with frameworks for everything. Impressed by his gentle demeanor and insights, I asked him if he could become my business coach.

Setting Clear Goals The speaker shares their experience of working with Eric and taking a questionnaire to assess their business and life. They discuss the importance of setting clear goals, building systems to achieve them, and using goal-setting as a way to remove blindfolds in order to see where they are headed.

"Better Help" Therapy Service "Better Help", an online therapy service, is introduced as the sponsor of the video. The speaker talks about their personal experience with therapy through Better Help and highlights its affordability compared to hiring a CEO coach.

Implementing Goal Setting The speaker explains how they implement goal setting using Google Docs for three broad domains: health, work, and relationships. They emphasize the effectiveness of regularly reviewing goals with accountability partners or coaches in order to stay on track towards achieving them.

The Ideal Week The ideal week is a time management and organization technique where you block out your desired activities for each day of the week. It helps prioritize goals and habits by allocating specific time slots in the calendar. By creating an ideal week calendar, it becomes clear how to make progress towards set goals.

'Parking Lot' for Goals 'Parking lot' or 'bucket list' is a method to store potential goals that are not currently prioritized. These ideas can be kept in a separate document or section until they are ready to be actively pursued as part of the main goal list. This approach ensures focus on a manageable number of goals while keeping other ideas accessible for future consideration.

Identity-Based Goal Setting The three alarms method is a cool way of identity-based goal setting. It involves defining identities, values, and daily quests for different areas of life (health, work, relationships). By tapping into these identities, it becomes easier to form habits and stay motivated.

"Hawkeye", "Young Charles Xavier", and "Chuck" "Hawkeye" represents the desired health identity due to his physical abilities and discipline. "Young Charles Xavier" embodies motivation and inspiration in work-related activities. The relationship front is represented by someone like "Chuck," who brings sincerity, enthusiasm, and unity.