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Coaching is NOT consulting.

Coaching is NOT therapy.

Coaching is NOT counseling.

Coaching is ALL about you!

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The Alchemist, Paolo Cohelo

Illusions. The Story Of A Reluctant Messiah, Richard Bach

Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires, by Esther and Jerry Hicks

siddhartha, Herman Hess

Tao Te King

The Kybalion

Corpus Hermeticum

What is wrong  with you is besides the point.  What is right, IS the point!

Am I doing what I need to do?  Why do I do what I do?  What gets me motivated and up in the morning? How do I do it all and strike a happy balance between my professional and personal life?  Where do I find my answers?  It’s simple... you and only you have your best and unique answers.  The trick is to get to them with the help of a professional.

There have been a lot said about working with a Coach, some of it not necessarily true.  There are Coaches, and then there are coaches.  A professionally trained and Certified Coach is trained to ask you questions designed to raise greater awareness as to who you are.  With greater awareness, it becomes easier to make the right choices, as you fully understand who you are deep down and what you are here to do.  I decided to become a coach after a few sessions with a professional left me thinking this is what I had tried to do in my previous ventures.  As a consultant, my aim was to fully understand the needs of my clients and help them achieve them the best possible way.  Professional Coaches do that with well proven methods that measure progression along the way.  This then led me to studies with Coach University to get an Advanced Coaching Certificate, followed by a hard earned International Coaching Federation, ICF Associate Coaching Certification accreditation. 

Why a Coach?  Certified and professionally trained Coaches are trained to get you to the core of the why through focusing on the who that lies behind your every aspect.  A certified Coach will hold your relationship, anything shared (remember, it works both ways) 100% confidential.  You can work in two general branches, personal and, or professional, thus Professional Coaching and Life Coaching, the difference being in the focus of what you would like to achieve and work on.  If you are someone who wants more out of life, is not satisfied with business as usual, feels help back with a desired to go forward, then we need to talk.

What coaching is and isn't.

A real Coach will not tell you what to do.  You are the only person who knows what is best for you.  The trick is to get that out of you.  That is what a certified and professional Coach does.  There has been a lot of misunderstanding as to what Coaching is.  First of all, Coaching is not consulting, nor is it mentoring, counseling, or therapy.  Coaching is designed to raise aware as to who you are and see how you can go forward form that point on.  Contrary to Coaching, consulting, therapy and counseling and mentoring offer a concrete expertise that will be given to you.  The only “expertise” a real coach will give you are questions, specifically designed to raise your awareness.  Also, Coaching is a forward momentum modality, whereas therapy is based on past traumatic issues.  We might look at the past but will not linger in it and always with the optic, what do we do with it going forward.  So you see, Coaching is a dynamic forward momentum modality and unlike others profession. 

So why all the misunderstanding?  Unfortunately these days, we see the title loosely associated with other professions, even worse, many professionals have tagged it to their names, without serious or real training.  As coaches, we are often asked what is it that we do?  If an image is worth a thousand images, then an introductory free session will speak volumes.  Ask me how and I will show you.  

Coaching history.

Coaching has been around for about two decades and was defined when the lines between mentoring, advising, counseling, consulting, and therapy blurred.  There was a clear need for Coaching that other professions were not answering.  This isn’t to say other modalities don’t work.  On the contrary, they not only work but are also necessary at times, either before, in the meantime, or even after a Coaching session.  As we mentioned before, Coaching is not therapy, although we might skim the surface, acknowledge something, but always ask about going forward.  

Masterful Coaching.  This is when a sessions hits home.  This is when a masterful coach brings you to that point of clarity and all falls into place.  Now we can talk about the “coaching” aspect that everyone is aware of.  Signs of a good Coach or Masterful Coaching is that they work with your agenda, not their own.  So coaching is the art of asking questions designed to raise awareness.  A masterful coach brings you to a safe place where you can easily see within, ideas pop up, and goals are forged.  Professional is about empowering you to reach your vision of success you want to achieve, your way.  The final part of Coaching is the goal setting and accountability, which helps you create weekly achievable goals to move you toward your ideal vision of success.

What coaching can do for you?  Coaching has achieved tremendous success according to the who’s who of this world.  Everyone has a Coach, even Tiger Woods who doesn’t need to be coached on the technicality of golf.  What it has done for me was to help set my life long goals and ambitions forward in a safe way.  I have always worked with people to help them tap their inner self, reach their deepest aspirations and custom tailor their personal method on how to get there, thus Tap The Source!  As a business owner, coaching is especially useful in aligning your desires and aspirations with your professional goals.  As much as coaching has transformed my life, I know it will change yours if you are ready and committed.

Your Part of the Coaching Relationship.  Ready, willing and committed.  The Coaching relationship, as with any other serious professional relationships is your level of commitment.  Let’s face it, you will not move until your level of discomfort is big enough to get you in action.  A professional Coach is your best partner whose only goal is your success, regardless.

Why is Coaching So Big?  With the hectic lives we lead, little time to think things through and reflect, Coaching offers the crucial time and space to explore what we truly desire.  Coaching helps you rekindle with your deeper self, gauge where you are and how aligned you are with your goals.  In other words, are you doing what you need to in order to get where you want?  Active life leaves little time to reflect and meditate on who we are.  This is no longer a luxury, it is now a serious necessity, especially these days.

How does it work? Having a coach helps you move faster and with less effort through life.  Tap The Source offers your unique way to live your life by design with a Certified professionally trained coach in a 100% confidentiality setting. We meet three to four times a month, either via phone, Internet with or without video, or even face to face.  Group coaching works similarly and have proven to be a good way to get started.

How to Choose you Coach.  Choosing your coach is very personal and the key to your success.  Beware of outrageous claims since ultimately, you will do the work.  If possible, choose a professionally coach, and if you can, a certified one.  Being professionally trained and certified means having been trained in using proven methods that measure your success.  Since you pay for what you get, a professionally trained and Certified Coach makes sense.

What to work on with a coach.  You can work on anything you wish.  Most people chose to work on achieving their personal vision of success.  This involves asking questions technically designed to make you gain greater awareness around who you are, then brainstorm, and finally devise your custom tailored success strategy. A masterful coach will motivate you to excel and hold you up to it.

Group coaching.  If you’ve wanted to have a coach but the price held you back in the past you back, joining a small personalized group that focuses on a shared set goal where you have as much priority as the next person is the best way to get going.  Topics can range from personal to business ones, usually with no more than 9 people. Groups are also conducted done via phone, internet with or without video, or in person.

What do I specialize in?  My niche is with dynamic professionals, business owners, small companies and individuals who feel a need blast through obstacles that stand in their way of success.  The best way to know me is to get to know me.  So give me a call, look me up on LinkedIn, FaceBook, Task.fm, follow me on Twitter, and get a sense as to whether or not I can be part of your journey to your specific success.  In the meantime, get to know me better at About.me/TapTheSource.

How would you describe Nicolas' coaching style? Present, appreciative, directive, friendly.
What did Nicolas do which worked particularly well for you? I tend to "think out loud"- and there are a million thoughts in my head at once. Nick was not only able to demonstrate that he was listening and understanding me...he was able to pull key pieces from what I was expressing and ask questions that allowed me to put disjointed pieces together like a puzzle and gain valuable insight and clarity.
What did you learn (personally or professionally) from being coached by Nicolas? Nicolas was generous with his ideas, tools, and resources. So- from a practical standpoint- I very much appreciated the information that he shared with me to help me expand my coaching business. His experience as a coach was also valuable because he helped me consider additional ways to approach coaching (e.g. developing group coaching).
How did you or any aspect of your life/work/business change as a result of coaching with Nicolas? I am now a member of Noomii (which I learned of through Nicolas) and have gotten new clients from them. I am eager to share resources with my clients the way that Nicolas did with me.
I tend to "think out loud"- and there are a million thoughts in my head at once. Nick was not only able to demonstrate that he was listening and understanding me...he was able to pull key pieces from what I was expressing and ask questions that allowed me to put disjointed pieces together like a puzzle and gain valuable insight and clarity.

Natalie

Nick Zart is a compassionate, enthusiastic Business & Life Coach. He was able to create a safe environment for me to explore painful past events, while continuing to focus on the present. I loved the way Nick constantly acknowledged me and congratulated me on my successes and insights. It has helped me view myself more positively and taught me to lighten up on myself!

Fay

Nick was extremely helpful in getting my new business moving forward. He had a clever way to keep me focused on my goal daily. Nick coached me to clearly define my niche and refine my elevator speech until I knew it was exactly what I wanted to say. He is very supportive during and between coaching sessions and I recommend Nick as a coach to those trying to improve their business.
Kem Mayo "I think you have an incredible ability to create a safe environment for people to open up. This allows people to share their thoughts, concerns and ideas without judgment. You build trust and a sense of safety ... making it easy for people to disclose information and therefore you help others help themselves."

Sandra

1) I have been so pleased with my life coaching experience with Nick. I appreciate how professional he is. He does a beautiful job at facilitating my ability to meet my life goals.
2) I didn't realize how quickly and easily I could meet my life goals until I started life coaching with Nick. I've always had wants and dreams, but most seemed seemed distant, and some seemed unreachable. Nick helped me to attain my goals quicker than I would have on my own. He's so affirming and encouraging, and makes you know in your heart of hearts that you can get what you want.

Natalie

Hi Nick,

I just loved looking around in your blog. Your comments, on subjects vast and interesting, were great and if a person doesn't get to know the "real" you from poking around in thre, they're missing the meaning of your perceptiveness. J Keep it up.

Barbara

TED has very incredible and aspiring stories from people throughout the world. What you might not know is that TED doesn't just accept whoever, whenever. Countless stories abound of people paying great sums to be invited as guest speakers to TED without ever having made it. TED is different and a great place of learning. Watch this video.