Welcome to this week's episode of the Modern Mentor Podcast. I'm your host, Rachel Cook. And if you've

ever felt like you just wished you had a coach to help you figure out how to move your career

forward, then today's your lucky day. Because today we're talking about how to be your own coach.

I started my business in 2015, knowing I'd need to channel

confidence and optimism on the regular. But each time I attempted to do so, I seemed to summon

self-doubt and presumptions of failure. I guess manifesting hope is not a natural talent for me.

If you'd asked me then what I needed,

I would have listed knowledge, templates for success, a dozen clients on a silver platter.

You get the idea. But in hindsight, while those would have been awesome, what I needed most

was some coaching. Not having a coach at that time, I went down the rabbit hole of books and

podcasts on personal and professional development. I ended up in a messy, ugly sort of way,

accidentally coaching myself to the place I'm in now. I wish I'd been more intentional about it,

but at the time, I didn't realize I had become my own coach. So I'm here to

help you get into the self-coaching groove without some of that mess. Why should you become your

own coach? Coaching can help you move forward, jump over hurdles and achieve big things. But a coach may

not be accessible to everyone. It certainly wasn't to me. Coaching takes time,

and a good coach costs money. Both can be hard to come by. So if you're wishing for some coaching

but don't have the access right now, let's talk about how you can show up for yourself by using

some tricks of the coaching trade. Start by stating a goal. A great coach can help you achieve

outcomes in many domains of your life, but early focus is key to success. In my business, I wanted

it all done on day one, press, clients, revenue, a quick understanding of marketing, all those

essentials. But I took myself through an exercise,

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