The Profitable Coaches Podcast

Hi, I’m Jamie Smart, and welcome to the podcast.   And in this episode, I’ve got a special surprise for you; the audio version of my 5th book. It’s called Your Thriving Coaching Practice: The 10 Multipliers That Are Growing or Slowing Your Coaching Business.   As you may know, my first 2 books, CLARITY and RESULTS were massive bestsellers. In fact, the success of those books gave me the time and space to work on one of my passion projects, a book JUST for coaches, therapists and transformation professionals, focused on helping you get clients and grow your practice.   By the way, this episode of the podcast is brought to you by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series. In this free video-training series, you’re going to learn the specific steps you need to take to grow a successful coaching or therapy practice grounded in authenticity and service so you can make your living doing what you love: making a difference to others.   The series started on Friday March 5th, and we’ve got live sessions happeni

This episode features a coaching demo around weight-loss and fitness during lockdown that I did during a recent masterclass, "The Language of Insight & Transformational Change". I start by talking about the six 'languages of transformation' before diving into one of them, the language of connection.   You'll hear me coaching my client, Angela on her topic, weight-loss and staying fit and healthy while working on her online business. And as I work with her, you'll hear me demonstrating the language of connection to 'get her world' and find my way into a deeper connection with her. Angela's one of the people on my current Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme, so she's already had some breakthroughs in her coaching practice. So she decided to be particularly brave and dive into a topic that she's never discussed publicly before.   So here's the episode...   PS So a few days after we recorded this coaching demo, Angela sent me a Facebook message. Here's what she said:   My Experience Of The Coaching was that

The episode you’re about to hear is a mentoring session on visibility & growing your audience that I did with Matt Fox. Matt’s one of the coaches taking part in the Clarity Advanced Coach & Facilitator Programme, and he and I met just over a year ago when he joined the Thriving Coaches Blueprint. And one of the things he developed while he was on that programme was his podcast, “The Heart of Dad”. Matt’s a father himself, and he’s passionate about supporting dads to really be there in their children’s lives. In fact, many of his coaching clients are entrepreneurs who are also dads and want to experience more clarity and heart in their work and in their lives as a whole. So about a month ago, Matt mentioned that he was planning to do the ‘Heart of Dad’ summit, an event where he was going to interview coaches and teachers who have had an impact in Matt’s life, and who are also fathers. Many of these people are dear friends and colleagues of mine, guys like Dicken Bettinger, Dr Bill Pettit, Amir Karkou

The episode you’re about to hear is an excerpt from one of the private laser-coaching & Q&A sessions I do each month with my ClarityPro Members. Just to give you a bit of background, I’d been telling my clients about something my team and I do called ‘Project Gretsky’, inspired by a quote from the phenomenal hockey player, Wayne Gretsky who famously said, “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it’s been.” In Project Gretsky, my team and I look to the future, and make guesses about where the world’s heading, how we can best guide our clients and how we can inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing. It’s how we ended up developing our state of the art live-streaming facility, as well as a number of other innovations we’ve got in the pipeline. So during last night’s Laser-coaching / Q&A session, one of our ClarityPro members (Andrea Bruno) asked a question that stopped me in my tracks. Andrea said he was thinking about Project Gretsky, and thought

Welcome to the podcast. I’m Jamie Smart. And in this episode, you’re going to hear a Q&A session I did this week as part of my Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series.    And the reason I’ve decided to release this as a podcast episode is because the questions gave me an opportunity to really clarify what I see as some of the biggest ‘schoolboy errors’ coaches make, and the most important fundamentals coaches can benefit from when trying to grow a successful practice.   Questions like:  How to create a ‘business profile’ so people understand what it is you offer Should you stick to your guns charging high fees, or lower your prices to make it easier for clients to enrol Questions about cutting through all the ‘noise’ on social media How to break through an ‘earning ceiling’, from someone who had limiting beliefs about how much they could earn   The cool thing is this: each of these questions gave me an opportunity to point back to the fundamentals of growing a coaching practice, because once you un

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. And every day for 10 days I'm reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It's called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.  And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on September 17th. The focus of this masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your practice and having an impact in your clients' lives, and we're going to be covering the stuff that's most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including... Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching' Setting your price Engagement and growing your audience The whole 'visibility' thing Getting clients and making a difference to them The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer' The best so-called 'business model' for coaches How to talk about what you

During a recent podcast episode, I mentioned that while climate change is one of the threats facing humanity, there are many others, including artificial intelligence, exponential technology, authoritarianism, pandemics, nuclear winter and many more. This week’s episode is another in this series of ‘public service announcement’ conversations, this time with one of my favourite twitter-follows, Vinay Gupta. Here’s the back story. Last year, I heard a podcast episode with a chap called Vinay Gupta and started following him on twitter (his handle is @leashless). He's proved to be one of my more fascinating follows, and has a unique perspective on a number of things (including the environment / climate change, the future of money, modern-day slavery, the rise of warlord entrepreneurs and more). Just to provide some bona fides, Vinay helped organise the launch of the crypto-currency Ethereum a few years back, is the designer of Dubai's national blockchain strategy and is the inventor of the hexayurts you may have

The 1:1 intensives deep dive you’re about to hear is an excerpt from a Q&A Session I did with my ClarityPro Members. I was answering questions I’d been asked by ClarityPro Members and our wider community about 1:1 Coaching Intensives, where you spend up to 3 or 4 days working closely with a client to help them have the breakthroughs that matter to them. 1:1 Coaching Intensives are a bit of a dark art, so I thought it would be nice to shed a little light on the process, and I’m sharing this recording on both my podcasts for several reasons as follows: Number 1, If you’ve been thinking about doing a 1:1 intensive with me, this will give you a sense of what to expect, and whether or not it’s a good fit for you. That’s why I’m sharing it on the Get Clarity Podcast. Number 2, If you’ve been considering doing 1:1 intensives with your clients, this will answer some of the questions you may have had, and help you take the next step. That’s why I’m sharing it on the Thriving Coaches Podcast. And number 3, A few ye

Welcome to the podcast - I’m Jamie Smart. It’s now nearly two months since the tragic killing of George Floyd sparked a wave of protests that's echoing around the globe. And it got me wondering... "As a member of the principles community, what does it make sense for you to say or do in relation to this?" And as I wondered about this, I realised something... I realised that I didn't know the answer to the question. So I reached out to my good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Davida Arnold. Davida is a coach and educator based in Columbus Ohio. She's a mother with young children, and she’s a black woman. You can find out more about Davida at this website: https://davidaiarnold.com/ As Davida and I talked, I realised it could be valuable for us to have a conversation to release more widely. Our discussion didn’t have an agenda per se - the purpose was to have a connected conversation to see what we could discover about 'the truth of the matter'. We had a great conversation, and afterwards, we both felt it mi

In this episode, I’m speaking with Louise O'Dalaigh. Louise works in the NHS, but she's gone from anxiety, depression and burnout to sharing the principles with people at every level in the NHS and beyond. She was a keynote speaker at this year's 3PUK conference, and was instrumental in helping bring over 400 healthcare professionals to the event. She's got a refreshing, straightforward approach to sharing this understanding, and has a fascinating story.   Just before we get to that, I wanted to let you know that we’ve opened the doors to our ClarityPro Community and we’re accepting new members until midnight pacific time today, Monday, July 13th. You may have heard me say that my mission is to awaken people to the truth of the inside-out understanding, and help them to awaken others to this. The ClarityPRO membership programme is designed to give you everything you need to share the inside-out understanding with anybody, on any topic, in any situation. If you’re passionate about sharing the principles, our c

In this episode, I’m speaking with Matt Fox. Matt is a coach and creator of the "Heart of Dad" podcast aimed at entrepreneurs who are also fathers. He built and sold a successful eLearning business back in 2012, and retrained as a psychotherapist. Then, a couple of years ago, he was attending a coaching course and was introduced to the 3 Principles. This started a process of transformation that has led to him putting the principles 'front and centre' in his 1:1 Coaching work with clients.   Just before we get to that, I wanted to let you know that we’ve opened the doors to our ClarityPro Community and we’re accepting new members until midnight pacific time this Monday, July 13th. You may have heard me say that my mission is to awaken people to the truth of the inside-out understanding, and help them to awaken others to this. The ClarityPRO membership programme is designed to give you everything you need to share the inside-out understanding with anybody, on any topic, in any situation. If you’re passionate