Stacey says she was "an extraordinarily resistant client" for her first two to three years of coaching.
1. Make Money as a Life Coach® focuses on Stacey Baiman's topic of increasing coachability.
2. Stacey Baiman hosts the show, teaches sales and coaching, and frames coachability as a skill she has worked on for years.
3. The episode asks what coachability is for, and Stacey answers that it helps a client absorb value and create growth from any coaching.
4. Stacey says she spent her first two to three years of coaching as "an extraordinarily resistant client" with strong anger and defensiveness.
5. She describes telling her first coach things like "you don't really care about what's happening with me" and then later apologizing after calming down.
6. Stacey says coachability is "not about the coach" and defines it as a person's ability to make use of any coaching or value.
7. She says her mindset coach does not need to earn more than her, have higher credentials, or be more experienced.
8. She gives Brooke as the example of someone who taught her a business process that she now teaches in 200K.
9. Stacey says a mindset or life coach can be brand new, use a different method, or not be certified in the model she uses.
10. She says "nothing's off limits" and that she will deeply consider anything brought into a session.
11. Stacey says she notices resistance when she wants to say "that's not it" or "I don't do that," then keeps exploring anyway.
12. She says "no" is the action of being closed and can block awareness, value, and insight.
13. Stacey explains that subconscious thoughts are not immediately available, and she uses her COO's feedback about something she said on a recording as an example.
14. She says a coach can coach her any way they see fit, including with tools, words, descriptions, or techniques she did not request.
15. Stacey argues that manuals like "coach me hard," "don't use the model," or "only use the model" restrict progress.
16. She says the hard part of the coaching relationship is on her because she has to clarify, sit with, and apply what she hears.
17. Stacey describes the tone as direct, confessional, and highly instructional, with repeated examples from her own coaching history.
18. The format is a solo teaching episode that moves through principles, personal stories, and practical rules for receiving coaching.
19. Listeners who coach or get coached for business growth will get the most from this episode.
20. People looking for a light overview without self-reflection may skip it.
