After an initial meeting, most coaching is done by telephone, with your coach pushing you, encouraging you, and generally watching over you and making sure that you turn your plans into action. Coaching is more pragmatic and goal-orientated,' says Eileen Mulligan, our life coach for this series. Whatever your problems, the techniques of life coaching can help you become your own life coach, and give you new and effective ways to deal with them. By that, I don't mean reducing your finances, but simply taking a close look at what they are, and how far you expect them to go. Like every other area of your life chart, there is no universal scale as to how much money is enough.
Most people go through life convinced that no matter how much they've got, it's never enough.
I say this with some confidence, because I've coached several millionaires, and their issues are no different to everyone else's. Before you begin Forgive me for going back to basics, but I'm often amazed at the number of people who seem determined not to get the simple things right. Draw up some columns showing how much you have coming in, and what you have going out . Do the same with bank statements. Be honest about how crucial some outgoings are, because if you're looking for ways to reduce your outgoings, you need to know what is really essential.