What does surfing and running a coaching business have in common?

Hey there it’s Melinda with the coaches console and I just had to take a quick break. I’m actually at Manhattan Beach. You can kind of see the beach behind me. I’m at Manhattan Beach and I’m here with my husband for a conference. Their afternoon activity – a group of us are learning how to surf. I’m sitting here watching them, and, I’m listening to the instructors; and I just keep seeing
this parallel to surfing and having a coaching business.

I just want to take a few quick moments to share with you because the cool thing that I just learned with. So I’ve never surfed before. It’s amazing! What I just learned was, the instructors had us take a little bit of time upfront, to understand the
board, understand the poses, how to pop up, how to do it in slow motion, how to put all the moves together, the safety of surfing. We took a little bit of time upfront to understand everything that we needed to know before we ever got in the water. And then they took us in the water. Tt didn’t just send us out into the wild blue ocean on our own. They actually paired us up each one of us had our own instructor. The instructor studied the board, held the board, and, kicked as we rode the wave. So all we had to think
of was the one next most important thing – how to pop up. We didn’t have to worry about stabilizing or anything else. Then the surfer instructor actually said: “it’s like we’re your concierge for surfing.” They do all the work while we just pop up and have fun.

I thought about this with your coaching business. Because so many times, entrepreneurs, they just jump right in they dive into the
wild blue ocean. And try to figure it out as they go. But just like these surf instructors, they didn’t throws into the ocean. They helped us. They took it step by step, and, we put it all together. Now as a result, the people in our group, they’re popping up. They’re having a great time and they’re enjoying the ride. The same can be true for you. When you take the time upfront to invest in your business, understand what has to happen first, then next, and, so on in the order to do things in your business can become
a well-oiled machine. You can actually enjoy the right, but when you just dive in, and, try to figure it out as you go, you might give up before you ever have fun.

Think that are you having fun running your business. Tt can be easy if you invest a little bit of time at front. Understand what pieces need to be in place. Learn the sequence and get a trusted guide to help you step by step.