Is Your Business Coach a Fraud?

Each day more and more people decide to enter the business coaching field. Spend a little time on the Internet and you?ll find articles, courses, and ebooks on how to be a business coach in a short time period.

I can?t be the only person that finds that ridiculous. I don?t understand how someone with no business experience can be a business coach.

I believe that you can learn a lot about business by reading and doing your own research- but just because you do that, it doesn?t make you qualified to teach. After all, how can you teach methods that you?ve never tried yourself?

If I read a book on space shuttles that doesn?t mean I can be an astronaut. Likewise,I can?t imagine a person who has never performed surgery giving lessons on how to perform heart transplants.

I recently interviewed coach Laurie Hayes (http://www.TheHBBSource.com) who offered some valuable advice for anyone who wants to obtain the services of a business coach.

?You always want to verify a coaches credentials. You want to ask for references and actually follow up on them and make sure that there is risk reversal in place when you enter into an agreement. When I say risk reversal, I mean make sure that there is a guarantee that if you don?t receive the agreed upon results even though you fulfill your obligations of the partnership that you?ll get your money back or maybe even just a prorated amount back for unused services if you decided to terminate the relationship midstream.?

Money chasers who read an article or a book and two days later decide that they are going to become a business coach compromise the integrity of the business coaching field.

If you want to be a business coach, go for it, but before you do make sure you have the necessary qualifications.

Donyell Nelson is an Internet entrepreneur and the author of ?Jump Start Your Success: 9 Insider Secrets to Running an Online Business. If you are clueless about online business, out hundreds of dollars, you aren?t making a profit, and you are just about to throw in the towel visit http://www.9InsiderSecrets.com. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=DJ_Nelson

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Economic Growth Continues - More Than 5.3 Million Jobs Created Since August 2003
On June 2, 2006, The Government Released New Jobs Figures – 75,000 Jobs Created In May. The economy has created about 1.9 million jobs over the past 12 months – and more than 5.3 million since August 2003. The unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent – lower than the average of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

The Economy Remains Strong, And The Outlook Is Favorable

Revised Report Shows Fastest Real GDP Growth In Two-And-A-Half Years. Real GDP grew at an annual rate of 5.3 percent for the first quarter of this year. This follows our economic growth of 3.5 percent in 2005 – the fastest rate of any major industrialized nation.

Productivity Increased At A Strong Annual Rate Of 3.7 Percent In The First Quarter.

Real Hourly Compensation Rose At A 3.2 Percent Annual Rate In The First Quarter.

Personal Income Increased At An Annual Rate Of 6.7 Percent In April. Since January 2001, real after-tax income has risen by 12.9 percent, or 7.3 percent per person.

Real Consumer Spending Increased At An Annual Rate Of 5.2 Percent In The First Quarter.

Employment Increased In 47 States Over The Past 12 Months Ending In April. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 41 states in April.

Industrial Production Increased 4.7 Percent Over The Past 12 Months. Over the past 12 months, manufacturing production has increased by 5.5 percent.

President Bush Has An Aggressive Agenda To Keep The Economy Growing

This Week, President Bush Nominated Henry Paulson As Treasury Secretary. Paulson has an intimate knowledge of financial markets and an ability to explain economic issues in clear terms. For the past eight years, Paulson has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Goldman Sachs Group, one of the most respected firms on Wall Street.

The President Has Expanded Tax Relief And Is Working To Make His Tax Relief Permanent. Two weeks ago, President Bush signed into law a bill that extends the tax cuts on dividends and capital gains. This legislation also contains an Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) patch enabling millions of middle-income families to avoid paying higher taxes in 2006.

The President’s Tax Relief Has Helped Spur Growth By Keeping $880 Billion In The Pockets Of American Taxpayers. The Administration reduced taxes for every American who pays income taxes, doubled the child tax credit, reduced the marriage penalty, created investment incentives for small businesses, and put the death tax on the road to extinction.

Growing The Economy And Reducing The Deficit Depend On Controlling The Spending Appetite Of The Federal Government. Every year since the President took office, the Administration has slowed the growth of discretionary spending that is not related to the military or homeland security. The President's last two budgets cut discretionary spending that was unrelated to the military or homeland security, and we are on track to cut the deficit in half by 2009.

If The Emergency Supplemental Bill – Which The President Has Requested To Help Fund The War On Terror And Hurricane Recovery – Includes Non-Emergency Or Wasteful Spending Or Exceeds The President's Set Limit Of $92.2 Billion Plus Funding To Prepare Our Nation For A Pandemic Flu Emergency, He Will Veto It.

In The Long Run, The Biggest Challenge To Our Nation's Budgetary Health Is Entitlement Spending On Programs Such As Social Security And Medicare. We call on members of both parties to join us in a bipartisan commission to address this critical issue.

The President Will Continue Working With Congress To Restrain Spending In Other Ways, Including Passing A Line-Item Veto. A line-item veto would allow us to cut needless spending, reduce the budget deficit, and ensure that every taxpayer dollar is spent wisely – or not at all.