Certified Life Coach.org & Coach - A Team Without a Coach...

In sports, the concept of coaching is not a radical idea but rather an implied component of any game. Football teams have football coaches. Basketball teams have basketball coaches. Softball teams have softball coaches. Soccer teams have, well, you get the idea.

But what if, for instance, a basketball team didn?t have a basketball coach? And they played against a team that did? Which team would have the advantage going in to the competition? How would the competition itself play out?

The team without a coach runs onto the court for warm-ups. They skip stretching and jogging and any team warm-up drills and just do what they want to do: shoot random shots at the basket.

The team with a coach jogs onto the other side of the court. They stretch, sprint, and as a team shoot lay-ups, jump shots and free throws. Then guards work together on their dribbling drills while the post players practice catching, turning and shooting under the basket.

Now it?s time to start the game. The team without a coach has no starting line-up. So threats are made. Voices are raised. Bodies are shoved. The five strongest guys win the fight to start. The rest of the players mumble, groan and sit.

The team with a coach announces a starting lineup that includes three guards, a forward and a center. The rest of the players clap for their starting teammates and sit on the bench.

Tip off. The team without a coach retrieves the jump ball. The ball handler starts dribbling. His teammates run around the court screaming at him to throw the ball. He ignores them and dribbles to the basket. He shoots, but the center from the team with a coach blocks the shot and throws it to his point guard.

The point guard runs down the court with his team and sets up the offensive play. The team without a coach scrambles to guard the team with a coach. But three guys choose to guard the center, leaving the point guard and the shooting guard open.

The point guard passes it to the shooting guard. The shooting guard shoots. Scores.

And with no one to lead them, things only get worse for the team without a coach.

A coach leads, guides, instructs, teaches. A coach develops strategy, order, champions. A coach works on the game so the players in the game can perform to the best of their ability.

What if you had someone like that working on your life the way a coach works on the game for his team?

What levels of greatness could you achieve if you had someone to lead you, guide you, instruct you, teach you?

How successful could you be if you had someone to develop a strategy for you to attain your goals, to establish order in your life, to help make you a champion?

You can?t afford to play with your life the way the team without a coach plays basketball. Basketball is just a game. Your life is your legacy. Find a coach to help you create that legacy now. Before it?s too late. And the game?s over.

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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.

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.

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.