What was the biggest reason you wanted coaching? What did you hope to learn?‍

What I really hoped to learn in coaching is just to really get out of my head more and get more out in public feeling more comfortable in talking to people, being more approachable and approaching others, keeping the conversation flowing.  As an entrepreneur, a business owner, you're in your head a lot trying to make things work and, depending on how dedicated you are, you may find yourself in there so long that you haven't really went out and engaged.  I'm the kind of person that just, plans, maybe over plans and definitely overthinks. I was at a point where I realized I haven't really been out socializing and, you know, I need to get my business moving and, you know, when your life is your business.

‍What would you say is the most important thing you have learned with coaching?‍

I think what the coaching plans that you had presented me, it really, I think what it really did for me was help me rebuild a comfort that I thought I had lost, and with that is a confidence that I felt had been lost in trying to get my businesses running and as a business owner or entrepreneur, you need to engage with people, you know, to get your product out there, especially when you are trying to tell a story not just about yourself but the products you have and are presenting.  While I don't exactly sell a service, I imagine it is the same thing when it comes to services because services you definitely have to engage with people.

‍Talk a little bit about how life is different after coaching.  What wins can you share with us?‍

The wins that I felt that I got out of it was how to keep the conversation going instead of, easily slipping back into your head which for me it was always the easiest thing to do. I can be in the middle of a conversation and there could be a trigger word that would put me back into my head and, you know, I got to, just throw it back and stay with this, stay with this and building and building from there and what definitely had improved over time was when I had first started the assignments was to go out there and say hi to somebody and just try to build a conversation. In business we talk about a return on investment. If you're a business person or entrepreneur you can take the idea of return on investment when you are going out and engaging with somebody.That engagement is your investment. Like any investment you are either going to get a return or it is going to be a bust but you have to move forward. The confidence and comfort level that came with engaging “you know what? You can do this!”  

‍What would you tell someone who is considering social skills coaching from me?‍

Don't be afraid of, um you know, giving it a try and one thing that I notice is that you had a formula for different scenarios which tells me that not only are you just providing this service, you can actually tell you are out and practicing what you are preaching and you are learning.  I can tell when yourself are learning from even your own engagements and taking that to keep building your program.