Adult Motivational Direction Applied Eyl

ADULT MOTIVATIONAL DIRECTION:BY ZAINURRAHMAN (2010)ArticleBase PublishingAdult Motivational Direction Applied English for Young LearnerZainurrahmanIn learning process, especially English for young learner, motivation is one of the aspects must be considered as important by teachers. Young learner's motivation is a kind of gift that should be kept, developed and directed by teacher as adult. This paper is intended to introduce the Adult Motivational Direction (AMD) as an assistant to teach young learner language, especially English.What is motivation?Motivation, as defined in Oxford Dictionary, is basically defined as the reason which is taken by someone to do something. McDonald (1959:74-75) gives examples of how motivation can be understood. Firstly, let say, Nathan wants to achieve "A" grade in English grammar because he has failed last semester. Secondly Julia wants to be an English teacher so that she now is learning how to teach English perfectly. Concerning to both students motivation, Nathan's and Julia's reason to learn the subject are different. Both are motivation, however both are different. Nathan's motivation comes from his worry to be failed again; something comes from his or her experience or not naturally. Meanwhile Julia's motivation comes from her expectation to have certain property; in this case to be an English teacher for young learner. Julia's motivation is naturally built from her expectation. From those examples, simply, it can be assumed that there are at least two types of motivation: external (Nathan) and internal (Julia) motivation.Motivation is observable from person behavior. What the person like to do and in what way the person is doing that. Motivation is energy of learning and must be maximized and optimized by both learner and teacher. Motivation is energy of behavioral change and must be directed. However, this case is different if the learner is young learner. They know that they are motivated, but they, of course do not understand how to employ the motivation to maximize and optimize the learning process. Here, adult plays important role to direct young learner's motivation and the direction is called "Adult Motivational Direction" or AMD.Types and Components of MotivationAs mentioned above that there are external motivation (EM) and internal motivation (IM). EM is built non-naturally, by employing external reasons like value, grade, gift, money, gold, occupation, and so forth. Meanwhile IM is built naturally and it is closely related to the learning style and individual characteristics like introvert, extrovert, visual, audio, bodily kinesthetic, ambition and so forth. However, it is possible that a person has both EM and IM; it depends on what is doing or what is intended to be achieved. The motivation type is heavily depended on the goal and type of activity is doing.Components of motivation, as mentioned by McDonald (1959:79), consist of inner and outer component. Inner component is the change that takes place in the person, the state of dissatisfaction, or psychological tension. The outer component is what the person wants, the goal towards which his behavior is directed.McDonald seems like associate motivation with satisfaction and dissatisfaction of the person. It seems like motivation is pure psychological case. Person who has satisfaction within certain behavior will repeat the behavior to attain particular goal needed, and person who has dissatisfaction within certain behavior will avoid the behavior to attain particular goal needed. Here, it is obvious that the person who has motivation (EM or IM) must know how to behave, what is their need and how to attain goal (repeat or avoid certain behavior); and also how to improve or to change learning strategy and so on. Nevertheless, it will be different case if the learner is children or young learner. Again, teacher as adult (or adult as teacher) must direct them, by employing their motivation.Stating Children MotivationAs mentioned before that motivation is observable personally, and it will be different from person to person, from activity to activity and from goal to goal. Here, the emphasized point is children learning style. Teacher must know their students as well as their children, because they are different in some terms (Caroline, 2003). How to know that? Teacher can observe their students visually; sometimes testing will be valuable before stating children motivation. The most important consideration suggested by Caroline (2003:21) is that the teacher must know that children are (mentally) active learners, who will try to find a meaning and purpose for activities that are presented to them. By considering the statement, teacher is proscribed to place children as passive learner that only sit, hear and do what the teacher ask.Children are different in some terms; here we put the difference of age and learning style to help you stating children motivation. It is possible to say that teacher can build children motivation and it will not be classified as EM or IM, but both EM and IM. The motivation built by teacher is an integrated learning motivation (ILM). This will stimulate students and direct them into an effective learning, especially language learning.Children ages and ILMChildren are different in term of age. They behave differently and learning something differently. In other side, they do something also differently. However, those are not the case; the case is that in what extent their cognitive capacity works well in certain age. Piaget (1981) distinguishes children cognitive development into four stages, namely: sensory-motor (0-2 years), pre-operational (2-7 years), concrete-operation (7-11 years) and formal-operation (11-15). Piaget then schematizes four stages of cognitive development as follow (Suparno, 2001:25):Stages                      Ages             Characteristics of DevelopmentSensory-motor         0-2 years      Action based  Step by stepPre-operation          2-7 years      The use of symbol/sign language Intuitive conceptConcrete-operation 8-11 years     Logic  ReversibleFormal-operation    11-15 years   Hypothetic Abstract  Deductive and inductive LogicIt seems different with the scheme presented by Mooney (2000:64) as follows:AgeBirth-18 monthsStageSensory-motorBehaviorsLearn through sensesLearn through reflexesManipulate materialsAge18 months-6 yearsStagePre-operationBehaviorsForm ideas based on their perceptionsCan only focus on one variable at a timeOver-generalize based on limited experienceAge6 years-12 yearsStageConcrete-operationBehaviorsFrom ideas based on reasoningLimited thinking to objects and familiar eventsAge12 years and olderStageFormal-operationBehaviorsThink conceptuallyThink hypotheticallyMcCloskey (2002) tries to simplify Piaget categorization of children cognitive development (and I elaborate and give examples) as follow:

Sensory-motor: children interact physically with (within) environment and develop idea about how things work. I consider this as a clue that children in this stage should be taught physically, means that children should be included and involved directly. Let them touch, see, hear, smell and so on.Pre-operation: children are not able to think abstractly, but need concrete situation to process idea. Pre-operation is the continuation of sensory-motor stage, where children are able to concretize object they interact with. However, they cannot think the object abstractly, they can imitate a tree by drawing it while seeing it, but they cannot draw it without seeing it. Concrete-operation: children have enough experiences to begin to conceptualize and do some abstract problem solving, though they still learn best by doing. As the continuation from the previous stage, children begin to make abstraction of object, they can draw tree without seeing it at the same time. However, this stage is considered by Piaget as trial and error stage; means that children are still not able to do it perfectly.Formal-operation: children are able to use abstract thinking like adults. In this stage, children are perfectly built by their environment and interaction with object they meet every time.

It seems like "abstraction" is the main meter used by Piaget to state children cognitive development. The more mature children is the more able to make abstraction of things. However, in language learning, we need to specify our focus and if it is needed, we also create new understanding of ages and learning suggestion.Now, we turn to the state of children motivation. By paying attention to the stages above, it can be assumed that:-          Sensory-motor: children are motivated to learn with physical object: ball, stick, key, boxes, things with shapes and colors and so on.-          Pre-operation: children are motivated to learn with concrete and physical object: picture, sound, gesture, number and so on.-          Concrete-operation: children begin to be motivated to learn with abstract things: composing words and sentence, guessing name of sound, learning calculation, singing and so on.-          Formal-operation: children are able to do tasks given by adults and employing concrete and abstract things like adults. Here adults can use a lot of objects to teach language to children.It is now obvious that children in certain age need integrated learning motivation that built by adults differently. Adults should be creative in building motivation and teaching children by employing those inner and outer components of motivation.The Role of Adults in Children Language DevelopmentChildren knowledge development is heavily influenced by their interaction and involvement within environment where their learning process takes place. Although in some extent children develop themselves, by what Piaget called as assimilation and accommodation process, mostly, adults play important role to assist children to develop.Vygotsky (1896-1934) influential work namely Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) has significant impact in education field. Mooney (2000:83) explore ZPD as follow:Vygotsky defined this (ZPD; Ed) as the distance between the most difficult task a child can do alone and the most difficult task a child can do with help… he believed that a child on the edge of learning a new concept can benefit from the interaction with a teacher or classmate.Children, in learning process, should be positioned as a part of society, part of environment and part of the object learnt itself. Children should be positioned in the world; imaginary or real world, it is up to you. It is important because social experience, as the consequence of children interaction with the object learnt and children personal cannot be separated (Mooney, 2000:84). Adults, as part of learning environment that surrounds children, play important role to support children learning process, especially in language learning process. Adults have to invite children to create language, use it and respond it. It is necessary because children in lower level of competency in adult-assisted learning will develop to higher level; Vygotsky call it the development from actual competency to potential competency.In connection with children learning motivation, it is obviously seen that adult must observe what kind of children they deal with. They may have different age, social background, their favorite manner, learning style and strategy and so on. If children are visual, then adult must employ visual object and if children are audio, then adult must employ audio object.Adult Motivational DirectionAdults direct children in the teaching-learning process. Children do not accept what adult say and take it altogether; they do what adult say as what they can understand. Because children make meaning for every object they interact with. Therefore, the most important role of adult is directing children and teaching them (integrated) altogether. So that, adult must know who is their children. From age, Harmer (2002:82) suggest as follow:While pupils who are 10 and 11 years old like games, puzzle and song most, those who are 12 and 13 years old like activities built around dialogues, question-and-answer activities and matching exercises most.Age is not the only one aspect must be observed by adult, but also learners' other differences as described by Harmer (2002:85) that they are different is aptitude and intelligence. Some children have different natural skill (indigo is not included here), some of them may be good in visualization and some of them may be good in other. Some of them may have multiple intelligences and some of them may have only single intelligence. Willing (in Harmer, 2002:88) state at least four categories of learner as follows:-          Convergers: these are students who are by nature solitary; prefer to avoid groups, and who are independent and confident in their own abilities. Most importantly they are analytic and can improve their own structures on learning. They tend to be cool and pragmatic.-          Conformists: these are students who prefer to emphasize learning ‘about language' over learning to use it. They tend to be dependent on those in authority and are perfectly happy to work in non-communicative classrooms, doing what they are told. A classroom of conformists is one prefers to see well-organized teachers.-          Concrete learners: though they are like conformists, they also enjoy the social aspects of learning and like to learn from direct experience. They are interested in language as communication rather than language as a system. They enjoy games and groupwork in class.-          Communicative learners: these are language use oriented. They are comfortable out of class and show a degree of confidence and a willingness to take risks which their colleagues may lack. They are much more interested in social interaction with other speakers of the language than they are with analysis of how language works. They are perfectly happy to operate without the guidance of a teacher.By observing learners (young learners) individual difference, it is hoped that adults are able to manage their learning and most important one is what kind of integrated learning motivation must be built. By considering that, creatively, adults as teacher (vice versa) can employ strategies, objects and media to teach young learner effectively. Adult motivational direction, finally, can be illustrated like this: see graphic…visit http://zainurrahmans.wordpress.comIllustration of AMD (revised from AMD in http://zainurrahmans.wordpress.com)This illustration is the ending of this paper, it is hoped to the reader to develop this theory, retest it and revise it if needed.ReferencesCameron, L. (2001). Teaching Languages to Young Learners. New York: Cambridge University Press.Harmer, J.  2002. The Practice of English Language Teaching. Pearson. LongmanMcCloskey, 2002. Seven Instructional Principles for Teaching Young Learners of English. TESOL  Symposium. San DiegoMcDonald. F. J. 1959. Educational Psychology. Wadsworth Publishing, co., IncMooney, Carol Garhart. 2000. Theories of Childhood: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget and Vygotsky. Redleaf Press.Suparno, Paul. DR. 2001. Teori Perkembangan Kognitif Jean Piaget. Penerbit Kanisius.See also Zainurrahman's writings on Ideolinguistics, Pragmatics, Research Paradigm, Literature, Language Philosophy, Metaphysics Philosophy, and so on. Only in http://zainurrahmans.wordpress.comPlease do not cite this illegally!!!! Avoid plagiarism!!!!

Career and self-development

1. Writing Business Letters: Necessity, Skill, or Art? Oh, writing business letters, is it worth such peculiar attention? Actually, it is. Whatever you are, you have to communicate with lots of people, and it is necessary to do it effectively. Let us discuss the matter of improving skills of writing business letters. Why is it important to be good at writing business letters?  There are several reasons for improving business writing skills which sound quite persuasively:1. You do not spend much time tinkering with your writing.2. You do not wince any time you have to write a business letter.3. You form good image in your addressees' eyes.4. With your business writing, you have positive RESULT.  What to Learn? Let us outline the aspects of business writing which require your attention:1. Purpose of types of business letters. For example, a complaint letter has several targets:a. Telling about a problem.b. Getting a problem solved.c. Keeping good business relations with an addressee.Sometimes one may forget about concentrating on the second and the third aspects, which makes his/her writing ineffective.2. Business letters format. It is important to follow format requirements so that your letter looks appropriately and provides all necessary information.3. Set expressions and phrases. There are lots of them in business writing. Do they make it boring? No, they make it convenient and looking good.4. Ways to make your business writing good. There are a lot of hooks that make business letters great.  What to Use When Learning? Actually, two things will be enough to become a better writer:1. A guide on writing business letters. There are lots of them, printed and on the Internet; some of them are just brilliant.2. Sample business letters. The more letters you read, the more skilled you become. Each time you are to write a certain kind of a business letter, find corresponding sample letters and read them. 1. Writing Business Letters: Necessity, Skill, or Art? Oh, writing business letters, is it worth such peculiar attention? Actually, it is. Whatever you are, you have to communicate with lots of people, and it is necessary to do it effectively. Let us discuss the matter of improving skills of writing business letters. Why is it important to be good at writing business letters?  There are several reasons for improving business writing skills which sound quite persuasively:1. You do not spend much time tinkering with your writing.2. You do not wince any time you have to write a business letter.3. You form good image in your addressees' eyes.4. With your business writing, you have positive RESULT.  What to Learn? Let us outline the aspects of business writing which require your attention:1. Purpose of types of business letters. For example, a complaint letter has several targets:a. Telling about a problem.b. Getting a problem solved.c. Keeping good business relations with an addressee.Sometimes one may forget about concentrating on the second and the third aspects, which makes his/her writing ineffective.2. Business letters format. It is important to follow format requirements so that your letter looks appropriately and provides all necessary information.3. Set expressions and phrases. There are lots of them in business writing. Do they make it boring? No, they make it convenient and looking good.4. Ways to make your business writing good. There are a lot of hooks that make business letters great.  What to Use When Learning? Actually, two things will be enough to become a better writer:1. A guide on writing business letters. There are lots of them, printed and on the Internet; some of them are just brilliant.2. Sample business letters. The more letters you read, the more skilled you become. Each time you are to write a certain kind of a business letter, find corresponding sample letters and read them.  1. Writing Business Letters: Necessity, Skill, or Art? Oh, writing business letters, is it worth such peculiar attention? Actually, it is. Whatever you are, you have to communicate with lots of people, and it is necessary to do it effectively. Let us discuss the matter of improving skills of writing business letters. Why is it important to be good at writing business letters?  There are several reasons for improving business writing skills which sound quite persuasively:1. You do not spend much time tinkering with your writing.2. You do not wince any time you have to write a business letter.3. You form good image in your addressees' eyes.4. With your business writing, you have positive RESULT.  What to Learn? Let us outline the aspects of business writing which require your attention:1. Purpose of types of business letters. For example, a complaint letter has several targets:a. Telling about a problem.b. Getting a problem solved.c. Keeping good business relations with an addressee.Sometimes one may forget about concentrating on the second and the third aspects, which makes his/her writing ineffective.2. Business letters format. It is important to follow format requirements so that your letter looks appropriately and provides all necessary information.3. Set expressions and phrases. There are lots of them in business writing. Do they make it boring? No, they make it convenient and looking good.4. Ways to make your business writing good. There are a lot of hooks that make business letters great.  What to Use When Learning? Actually, two things will be enough to become a better writer:1. A guide on writing business letters. There are lots of them, printed and on the Internet; some of them are just brilliant.2. Sample business letters. The more letters you read, the more skilled you become. Each time you are to write a certain kind of a business letter, find corresponding sample letters and read them.

Early Reading Program for Kids – How To Get Your Child to Start to Read

Thinking of getting a beginner reading software designed for children? Numerous mothers and fathers askthemselves whether such early reading programs work in getting their young child to learn to read simple things,rather than that which is customarily being taught in schools. The truth is, there are actually severalfantastic programs around which are exhibiting genuine success in getting children to learn to read at anadvanced level in a short time span.Helping your young child to begin to learn to read can certainly be a trial, unfortunately. That is why itis crucial that you choose to avail yourself of the computer programs and techniques that are offered formoms and dads to make use of.In the past, young children learned to read with flash cards and textbooks. But different ideas haveevolved, and internet-based training has become the most popular method of schooling. Kids connect workingon the laptop or computer to having an enjoyable time, nearly as a reward. So because of this that youshould make use of internet early reading programs, instead of the lot more traditional methods, to obtainoptimum results in your child's reading skills.Many of the better early reading computer programs that are on the internet take lessons, and transform itinto a game that children can play independently. In this way, when you reward them with time using thecomputer, they could be teaching themselves to read, simultaneously, by taking part in instructional gamesrather than other arcade type video games.Scientific studies are proving, more and more, that children who take part in an early reading programbefore going to school, quite often may outshine children that are not. It is not unusual to pass by a fewgrade classes of reading comprehension, if the pupil was learning from home before going to a conventionalschool.Web-based schooling can go further than just reading. Math skills, and in some cases, science, are oftentaught and learned by a youngster using the programs that have already been introduced. There is no moreeffective resource to provide your youngster a head start to in schooling, than making use of the web forthe maximum advantages.A few of the finest early reading programs which have won accolades and praise from moms and dads, as well as school teachers alike, can be used immediately online without having to shop for DVD's or CD ROMS.View information on these kind of programs, and some additional details on getting your youngster to start to read by visiting  eStartToRead.com.

Career Development: The secret of a great career - is you!

The secret of a great career – is you!Patrick Forsyth, author of "Detox your career" suggests that career success is rarely down to good luck (though it is said this is why others are successful). You can and must make it happen.Pundits agree on one thing about the future of the work environment – it will be uncertain. The workplace is now competitive and those in it inherently vulnerable. You cannot guarantee yourself career success, but you can positively influence your prospects; indeed surely want to make time at work as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.John Lennon's line: Life is what happens while you are making other plans encapsulates a painful thought. There is perhaps no worse situation than looking back, saying: "if only …".  So, in today's work environment, with no rigid, preordained career ladder to follow, careers need planning: but how? There is sadly no magic formula. Details need working at. First you must know what you want, and this needs some systematic self-analysis.Setting a courseThere are four useful stages of thinking:1) Assess your work values: here you should consider factors such as having a:Strong need to achieveNeed for a high salaryHigh job satisfaction requirementsLiking for doing something "worthwhile"Desire to be creative, travel or be independent or in a team.2) Assess your personal characteristics: are you a risk taker, an innovator, or able to work under pressure, and how do such characteristics affect your work situation.3) Assess your non-work characteristics: factors like family commitments, where you want to live and your attitude to time spent away from home.4) Match your analysis to the market demands: consider realistically how well your overall capabilities and characteristics fit market opportunities. If computers, say, throw you, then you either have to learn or avoid areas of work demanding computer literacy.With this clear, you can set clear objectives; the old adage that if you do not know where you are going any road will do, is nowhere more true. Then - aim high. You can always trade down, but may be more successful than you think and must avoid missing something not because it is unachievable, but because you don't attempt it.Perception is realityYour achievement of results is also influential. Unless you deliver, you are unlikely to be judged able to cope with more, and promotion and new opportunities may – rightly – allude you. But there's more. For example: asked to manage an important project, someone may have every necessary characteristic, do the groundwork thoroughly and devise a sound plan. So far so good. Then they present to the Board.If they are nervous, unprepared and it proves somewhat lackluster, what happens? Do people say, "Never mind, it was a sound plan"? No. More likely they question the ideas themselves, perhaps putting the plan on hold or dismissing it. And what happens next time? They are never considered, with obvious impact on their career.Active career managementAmongst many such skills are:Presentation and business writingNumeracy and computer skillsAll aspects of managing peopleMore general skills such as good time management.Communication skills and often creativity too, are vital. You must recognize what career skills can help you and ensure that you excel in them, focusing too on processes and aiming - and organizing - to benefit from such as job appraisal and development.The way aheadThe active careerist relies not on good luck, though will take advantage of any that occurs (their planning and positive attitude ensuring that they can do so). Most often successful careers do not just happen; they are made. Recognize this, take action and see career success as something you create.To get more tips and information, visit Career development books section on Business Bookshop website.

Business Analyst And The Sdlc

This is an advanced article for people looking to enhance their knowledge base about a Business Analyst's work. It covers what the involvement of the Business Analyst in the SDLC.For the uninitiated, SDLC is the System Development Life Cycle, meaning the life cycle of the development of a system. It is basically the step by step detailing of all the processes that take place in the development of a system. A business Analyst is closely involved with the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).To begin with, a brief overview of the SDLC steps is given below for the people who are new to the field of IT and Engineering and to refresh and jog the memory of those already in the know.SDLC contains of the following steps:Project Planning and Feasibility Study – This is where the project is planned in advance with timelines and results expected. A feasibility study is done prior to that to determine if the system is indeed feasible. System Analysis and Requirement definition – This is where the Business Analyst in consultation with the client of the project, who will be the end user of the system, defines the requirements clearly and a thorough analysis is done. System Design – This is the phase of the SDLC where the system is designed as per the requirements. System Development – Here, the system coding and development is done by the technical team working on the project, comprising of the software engineers and programmers. System Implementation – Here, the system is actually implemented, meaning the developers actually put together their creations in the previous phases. This phase could generally be called the actual creation of the software. System Integration and Testing – Here the software developed and implemented, is actually tested to see if it is working fine before it is actually integrated. System Acceptance and Installation - Here, the software developed and created is actually checked if it will be work in live conditions and be beneficial to the client's company, for which it is designed for. System Maintenance – The software developed, and then should be maintained well. Any problems arising are then fixed appropriately to maintain the developed software well. Proper and timely monitoring of the software will ensure reliable, efficient software.The Business Analyst is involved at all stages of the SDLC.  The Business Analyst works closely with the client, who is the end user of the project, and defines the requirements after thorough study of the existing system, and after gauging the feasibility of the intended new system. The remaining phases also require the involvement of the Business Analyst since he is the bridge between the client and the technical team of software developers and programmers which are working on the project. The Business Analyst should be well versed in both – the business of the client so as to understand what his needs are from the intended system, and the IT part as well so as to solve the technical queries and problems that the technical team may face while developing the project.

Job Search Blues -- How to Stay Positive

It is a difficult to be between jobs. Even though another job will eventually come to you, it can be challenging to stay positive and motivated.  Searching and rejection can be emotionally and physically exhausting.  It is easy to become anxious, depressed and suffer feelings of hopelessness and inadequacy. Remember is that currently there are a lot of other people out of work. It's a small comfort, but you are not alone. You have not been singled out. It is an unfortunate change in our economy that many people have been caught up in. Which means that when a job is posted the company will get bombarded with hundreds of resumes. In that pile is you, along with all of the other very qualified people. It's possible this might be a long process, so why not learn how to make the most of it? There are many things you can do to shorten your unemployment, or at least make it a productive period of growth that benefits you and others.  The first thing to do is to make sure to get out of the house.  You really need to keep your mind active and have a reason to get up in the morning.  Take a part-time job or volunteer. Become active in a trade association.  By working outside of the home you are out meeting people. You are communicating and networking with a whole new group of people that may not know you otherwise. All of those people also might know someone with a job opening. But aside from that you are contributing to society and your profession. This will give you positive energy and value while you look. You can also keep busy by walking or any type of exercise. Physical activity can clear your head and get you in touch with people. You'll look great for your new job too. Why not do some reading each day?  Fiction can take you anywhere, but this could be the perfect time to learn something new. You can read about how to be a better leader. You can read about social media or teach yourself some new software. You can read things that can make you a better candidate and that will make you more current in the marketplace. Lastly, be sure to surround yourself with positive people.  Join support groups or work with a career coach who can help you keep your eyes on the prize and remind you of all the great things you have to offer. Do something every day that propels your job search forward.  Stay positive, that job is out there. This article may be reprinted when the copyright and author bio are included. ©2010 Catherine Lang-Cline, Portfolio Creative, LLC.Catherine Lang-Cline is co-founder and owner of Portfolio Creative, a workforce innovation firm that was named the 326th fastest growing company in the U.S. by Inc. magazine in 2009.  Portfolio Creative helps companies streamline and innovate their creative work to save time, energy and money.  www.portfolioiscreative.com.

What Are Must Have Skills That I Need In Order For Me To Sell Life Coaching Services?

Do I need a certificate or accreditation or training to be a viable, effective life coach? What set of skills do I need in order to become an effective life coach?The truth is...More people struggle with this issue more than ANY other when it comes to selling their coaching or consulting. People want to BELIEVE that they don't yet know enough, or aren't accredited enough or training enough to be a successful coach, and the simple fact is it's just NOT true.The most DESIRABLE attribute for a life coach is PASSION. A sense of commitment to your clients. And the sincere sentiment that your are truly doing your life's work...that the power of your PURPOSE is intersecting with what you love to do most. (help other people high step the hurdles that hold them back)Here is the thing those EXPENSIVE coaching schools won't tell you:Skills are nice. They are great to have. But they WON'T translate into satisfied clients. And MORE important, they won't help you GET the clients in the first place. The best coaching skill to have is the ability to MARKET yourself properly. To speak to your core audience and demographic in an authentic voice that resonates with what they need to hear to want to have YOU help them.And when you combine the ability to get clients, (something that even the BEST training coaches struggle with daily) with an authentic sense of passion and purpose to powerfully impact the lives of those who need you most, you have a recipe for perpetual piles of profit AND a meaningful contribution to your community to boot.Learn how to build a 6 figure LIFE coaching business from home.....starting Today!Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Alex_Holland