What Waiting 10 Years to Start Coaching Taught Me About Fear with Candy Motzek

Do you understand your own relationship with fear? Have there been moments in your life where you knew there was something you wanted to do, and you kept not doing it because it just seemed too big? Today's guest, Candy Motzek, waited 10 years before she decided to pursue her dream of being a coach, and she knew she was going to be a great coach. She calls coaching a calling, but she had to overcome fear and deeply understand her relationship with fear before she could begin this journey. Candy is an author, podcast host, and business coach for life coaches. She helps her clients get unstuck and feel more confident and clear so they can play bigger, sign clients, and create more meaningful success. She is a "recovering" corporate executive and engineer who combines practical strategy and mindset in her calming, unique approach. "There's something really magical, for me anyway, in that one-on-one conversation with people, like there is a connection, and I see them … the essence of them and who they really are," says Candy. "And there's something super powerful in that." For Candy, coaches call their clients out to live that bigger life, which requires them to be courageous and face things they might be scared to do in service of who they are becoming. It's one of the reasons she says it's important for coaches to have a coach.  "You just don't have that perspective on yourself that somebody else can have, and they can see those patterns that you have where you're not living to the thing that you said you wanted to do," says Candy. "You get your results faster when you have somebody that holds you as fully accountable." It took Candy 10 years to pursue coach training. It was never convenient, and it was expensive. How would she find the time? These were some of the things Candy told herself.  "I had all the great excuses, but really, it was my ego and just my fear saying, "Oh, don't rock the boat. Don't do anything too crazy," says Candy. "There's this tension that happens." But Candy says it's not an all-or-nothing thing. You can just start.  "We can just take the training, and we can just say, 'You know what, I'm going to have three clients. I can do three clients.' Right?" says Candy. "Or I could use these skills in another way in my life." Coaching is a skill, so if you're thinking of starting a business, you first want to get a little training. Coach as many people as you can, get that skill, practice that skill, and then you start to feel like a coach. Candy recommends coaching for her clients who are new to coaching. Do not build the website or start an email list. Create a program and deliver it. You watch people transform, learn from that, and make a little bit of money. So now you're ready for the next step. Visit Step Into Success for free resources: https://stepintosuccessnow.com/pages/free Connect with Candy Motzek: https://stepintosuccessnow.com/ Podcast: She Coaches Coaches: https://she-coaches-coaches.captivate.fm/listen Other GoG episodes you might want to check out: Overcome Fears in Business to Safeguard Your Freedom and Independence https://sarahwalton.com/fears-in-business/ Can Coaches Really Make Money? BTS With MY Coach Kelsey Murphy https://sarahwalton.com/can-you-make-money-as-life-coach/ You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! http://bit.ly/YouTubeSWalton Thank you so much for listening. I'm so honored that you're here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "Write a review." Then, we'll get to inspire even more people! (Watch this quick tutorial if you need help leaving a review.) #ScaredToStart #FightThroughFear #BecomeACoach #FirstCoachingProgram #NewtoCoaching #CoachingBusiness #HowToStartACoachingBusiness #AskExpert #WomenInBusiness