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Simon Alexander Ong10 February 2023

Life Coach: Why Your Energy Drives Your Success In Life - Simon Alexander Ong

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Insights & moments

The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.

Myth Buster· 1

Myth Buster43:00

The coaching industry is unregulated — so how do you avoid the fakes

when I'm looking for a coach or Mentor I want to see somebody's track record I also want to have an experience with someone so…

Simon Alexander Ong · 43:30

as a coach we can only lead and take people as far as we have gone ourselves

Simon Alexander Ong · 44:00

Hot Take· 2

Hot Take13:00

Selling feels cringe because you haven't sold yourself to yourself

the first sale which few of us actually focus on is selling ourselves to ourself

Simon Alexander Ong · 13:30

until we can sell ourselves to ourselves of course things are going to feel cringe

Simon Alexander Ong · 13:30
Hot Take37:30

It's not a question of time, it's a question of importance

it's not a question of time it's a question of whether it is important to you

Simon Alexander Ong · 37:30

it's not question of time it's the question of importance

Simon Alexander Ong · 38:00

Explainer· 6

Explainer05:00

Coaching vs mentoring: telling you what to do vs asking better questions

coaching is less about telling you what to do and more about guiding you back to what you already know through the power of questions

Simon Alexander Ong · 05:30
Explainer06:00

Who actually hires a coach now that it's left the C-suite

in the past it was probably exclusively in the domain of c-suite executive so people at the higher echelons of management nowadays it's become far…

Simon Alexander Ong · 06:00

when there is a coach we're working with we are challenged to become better than who we were yesterday

Simon Alexander Ong · 06:30
Explainer15:00

Eight seconds of human attention — one less than a goldfish

I read in the in in the garden a few years ago that the average attention span for a human was eight seconds

Simon Alexander Ong · 15:00

how do we get the attention from other people whether that is customers audiences

Simon Alexander Ong · 15:30
Explainer47:00

Money is a means goal, not an end goal

money is not an end goal it's a means goal it's it's fuel

Simon Alexander Ong · 47:00

you fall into the Trap of lottery winners who when they win the jackpot they end up becoming bankrupt

Simon Alexander Ong · 47:30
Explainer55:00

What 'energy' and vibrational frequency actually mean in a room

it's a language that has no words but you and I can feed it

Simon Alexander Ong · 55:30

she said when people hear you they may forget who you are they may forget what you say but they will never forget how you…

Simon Alexander Ong · 59:30
Explainer58:00

Pronoia: the belief the universe is conspiring in your favour

pronoia is this belief that the universe is conspiring in your favor that life is working for you and not against you

Simon Alexander Ong · 58:30

Story· 2

Story02:30

From the LSE talk to Goldman Sachs to coaching: how Simon got here

he had just quit his job at Goldman Sachs to start a career coaching business

Simon Alexander Ong · 03:00

I ended up coming back to the fact that I really enjoyed helping people

Simon Alexander Ong · 04:30
Story1:17:00

Heston Blumenthal and Kylie Flavelle: bypassing the standard route

if you look at Heston Blumenthal he has become one of the most well-known chefs in the world he's become a TV personality

Simon Alexander Ong · 1:17:00

if it's something you really want to do is if you don't like the process to get there how can you be a bit more…

Simon Alexander Ong · 1:18:30

Q&A· 1

Q&A44:30

Do coaching qualifications actually matter?

you can have somebody with little to no qualifications yet they have incredible results

Simon Alexander Ong · 45:00

Tool· 1

Tool08:00

How to find a coach: demand the free experience first

the greatest gift you can give people before they sign up to you as a client is to give them an experience of what coaching…

Simon Alexander Ong · 09:00

Takeaway· 2

Takeaway50:30

Be attached to no outcome and open to everything

be attached to no outcome

Simon Alexander Ong · 50:30

one what went well and two what could be better next time

Simon Alexander Ong · 1:25:30
Takeaway1:28:30

You already won the lottery of life — what will you do with the ticket

we are all a miracle I mean the fact that we were born is a miracle event in itself

Simon Alexander Ong · 1:29:00

what are you going to do with that winning ticket of yours

Simon Alexander Ong · 1:29:30