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Bob from NC, USA 1/18/2009

I enjoyed your web site and your honesty. I am trying to start over at 60 after the economy wiped out my building business. I have just started in a new industry and trying to cope with the problems from my prior life and starting a new business venture where I am in a total learning process. I have been a long time goal setter/ self improvement freak. I set goals and do my planning but somehow I just don't feel like I am making the progress I should be making. What really gets me excited is helping others with setting goals and improving their life but I do not know how is the best way to get started in the self improvement coaching business?? I would teach for free just for the satisfaction of helping others. Any ideas you may have would be appreciated.

Natalie From Thoughtful-Self-Improvement.com, 1/24/2009

Bob, Thanks for writing. I'm glad you are enjoying my website. It is a growth vehicle for me, so I must be honest, to myself and my readers.

Starting a new venture is always a challenge. It often progresses in fits and starts. Don't be afraid to take a break. To step back and re-group. But then get right back into it. If it is truly something you would do for free, then getting back to it will come automatically. It is your passion or mission.

Personal coaching is a new and growing industry so there is opportunity there.

My first suggestion is to practice what you preach. What would you say to a client who came to you in your situation? "Keep working at it?" "Try a different angle or approach?" "Do it for free for awhile to build a reputation and references"?

Above all, Believe that you will succeed. You will.

Hi there, I got here by googling 'survival techniques for introverts'. I've spent the best part of the last 25 years trying to be an extrovert (and succeeding!) but at the expense of a great deal of stress. I want to be the quiet, shy person I naturally was (except at the time I hated it). Now I can see there's nothing wrong with being yourself. So now I think my body is naturally trying to regain equilibrium by avoiding phoning, texting and socialising. Thank you for the tips and permission to be myself. It'll give me back the energy I've lost to extroverts.

Natalie From Thoughtful-Self-Improvement.com, 4/17/2010

M, Thank You for writing and sharing your experience. I'm reading a great new book called Introvert Power by Laurie Helgoe, PhD. She gives some great tips on responding to the extroverted world around us. She gives examples of conversations to turn down invitations to partys without supporting the extroverts view that big partys are great fun. This can probably help you in your quest to regain your introversion. I'll be writing a review on the book when I finish it.

I wish you success.

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