Successful people have coaches who help them develop their skills to play better and win.

Working with a coach greatly improves your win-ability.

• To gain control of your life, you need skills.
• To become a confident and effective parent, you need skills.
• To start a new business, you need skills

You need a great coach!

Here is an overview of the steps a masterful coach goes through with her client..

Step 1: Define the outcome

"If you don't know where you're going, you might end up some place else." Yogi Berra

Whether it's to create closer relationships, love the body you're living in, watch your children become independent, or thrive in a small business, defining the outcome is essential. The perfect goal naturally motivates a person into action.

Step 2: Define the skills needed to succeed

"We can solve problems by using the same kind of thinking that we used when we created them."--Albert Einstein

The skills needed for golf differ from those needed for tennis, right? The skills needed to become an excellent parent differ from those needed to become a successful author. The right set of skills make what you're doing effortless and fun.

Step 3: Evaluate your environment

"Good teachers never teach anything. What they do is create the conditions under which learning takes place."--S.I. Hayakawa

Assess skills, talents, and resources so that the goals set are doable. Strategy first, action second. Make sure all your games are win-able.

Step 4: Establish practice without risk

"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes."

--Oscar Wilde

When you reduce risk practice is easier to manage. We'll find low- to no-risk ways to practice your skills and evaluate your results. Non-judgmental observation makes it possible to tweak skills for improved results. before you put them to the test in your life. Problems virtually disappear with a strong foundation.

Try, try again! Any situation can be optimized, even if it's already impressive.

Go to Peacemaker-Coach.com to find out more about individual and group coaching with Lorraine Esposito or schedule a collaborative interview here.