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Jake Smolarek

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Mindset Coach

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.— Wallace Wattles

Why You Need a Mindset Coach

Let me start by insisting that you take accountability for your failures in life. No matter who you think wronged you, it's up to you to reach your potential and make your vision for life a reality.

Do you honestly think the world's most successful people haven't been let down or betrayed? They persevered in the face of adversity, and that's why they're where they are today. They chose the growth mindset approach to life, and it paid dividends. As your mindset coach, I'll instil this way of looking at the world in your everyday life.

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Once you realise that you're in full control of your destiny, you can start taking accountability for your actions—and inactions. But if you're not used to this way of thinking, you won't find it easy. As long you don't b****it me and embrace all my methods, I'm certain I can help you fulfil your potential and secure the life you've always dreamed of.

OK, let's start by exploring the role of a mindset coach. But before we do, I want to let you know that if you've already decided to ask for my help to achieve your vision in life, you can book an initial consultation at my London office or via a Zoom call.

What Is a Mindset Coach?

A mindset coach is a kind of life coach whose job is to help you develop ways of identifying and tackling the obstacles in the way of your ultimate success. Mindset coaching, in its purest form, is all about helping people become the best possible version of themselves.

Most people exhibit particularly harmful traits and behaviours every day without even realising it. Whether they have a fixed mindset or an unhealthy relationship with self-truth, they're simply not fulfilling their potential.

Mindset coaches use a range of one-to-one coaching methods and exercises to change the way you think about and react to obstacles in your way.

Once I've identified the issues that are making you unhappy or unfulfilled, we'll work together to create a better version of you.

Let's get to know each other

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Why Do People Turn to Mindset Coaching?

You might be successful, but are you happy with what you've achieved? Deep down, do you think you could have done so much more with your life? Has a fear of change or risking what you already have held you back from becoming the best possible version of yourself?

If I'm talking about you, there's a good chance my mindset coaching techniques can deliver lasting change in your life.

OK, so your boss doesn't like you. Yeah, yeah...the world is against you and nothing is your fault. You're not getting a fair crack of the whip. Your family commitments are holding you back, so you've begun to resent your family.

Believe me: I have heard every excuse under the sun. It's this fixed mindset that I refuse to accept as a mindset coach. So, if you're looking for a friend or someone to blow smoke up your a*s, move along.

However, if you're determined to change the intuitive, programmed behaviours that are ruling your life and holding you back, I'll do every I can to ensure my mindset coaching program gets you to where you want to go in life.

What Do Mindset Coaches Do?

While I can't speak for other mindset coaches, I'll say this: I will never give you advice on how to do your job or solve your problems. That's for you to do. What I will do, however, is start our relationship by exploring your situation, your history, and the obstacles that keep pulling you back in life. And once I've figured out what they are, I'll teach you how to remove them.

A good mindset coach will ask you a series of questions to get to the root cause of your unfulfilled potential. They will get you to explore your inner self to identify the beliefs and biases that are preventing you from being the success monster you know you can be.

Imagine you've turned to a traditional life or business coach because you keep getting passed over for promotion. They might give you a series of practical steps you need to take in order to succeed. In other words, they'll spoon-feed you your next moves. A mindset coach, on the other hand, will dig deep into your psyche to work out why you keep failing.

Perhaps you lack inner confidence. I'm a confidence coach who deals with extroverts who lack self-belief all the time. I know the signs, and I know how to address them.

Perhaps you have insecurities that date back to your childhood. Maybe you lack self-esteem following a bad relationship. Mindset coaching is all about exploring the root causes of your failures and addressing them head-on. It's about changing your thought processes, behaviours, and reactions—permanently.

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Key Focus Areas for Mindset Coaches

Let's talk about self-limiting beliefs. This is a term used by a lot of mindset coaches to describe the thought processes that are holding you back in life.

Together with the invisible walls people create to protect their feelings, these beliefs can be hugely destructive. And because they operate on a subconscious level, my clients don't really know they're there until I've intervened.

I will be relentless with you as I help you assess your restrictive thoughts critically and honestly. This is one of the reasons I simply don't countenance B.S.

Other mindset coaches take the softly, softly approach—and that is good for them. If it's what their clients want, more power to them! But you won't get that from me. In fact, you'll be on the receiving end of a series of truth bombs. Don't like it? That's not really my problem. You came to me for help, and this is what it looks like.

I'm a brutally honest mindset coach who will never sugar-coat anything. When I'm approaching both facets of mindset growth, I'll be completely honest and transparent at all times. It might be uncomfortable, and you might feel like giving up from time to time, but my coaching skills are related to my ability to get right to the heart of a mindset issue.

The two facets of mindset coaching are:

Loss of Control

I said it earlier, and I'll say it again as your prospective mindset coach: Whether you believe it or not, everything that hasn't happened for you yet is within your control if you have the ability to achieve it.

When something bad happens, is your first instinct to look for people to blame? When I'm coaching clients, I work with them to take full accountability for everything. And I mean EVERYTHING. Even when someone else is to blame, you have to think about ways you can facilitate a more positive outcome the next time around.

Mindset coaching today is, in my opinion, too timid and vanilla. I teach clients to be angry when things don't go their way. However, I'm not talking about becoming aggressive and throwing things around the room; I'm talking about a productive, controlled anger that motivates you to deliver the right outcome next time around.

I'll use my considerable coaching skills to make you take full responsibility for everything that doesn't go your way. Don't look for excuses or people to blame; look inside yourself to work out how you can prevent this setback from ever happening again.

Cultivating a Growth Mindset

I'm as much a confidence coach as I am a mindset coach. I want to instil inner belief into every fibre of your being. I want to convince you that you have the skills and abilities to achieve your vision in life. Of course, I will be honest with you if I think your vision exceeds your capability. However, if I know you have it within you, I'll work tirelessly as your mindset coach to bring it out.

So, what is a growth mindset? I like to think of it as an openness and natural inclination to welcome change in your life—in whatever form it arrives.

Let's be clear: If you can't or won't change, you're wasting my time and yours. Your current approach to life hasn't delivered the results you were hoping for, so why would more of the same create a different result?

Think about your future

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Who Can Benefit from Mindset Coaching?

I started my mindset coaching business because I worked out how to overcome the beliefs and behaviours that get in the way of success.

Other mindset coaches will take any client, as long as they can afford the fees. I, however, will assess your situation, capabilities, and obstacles before giving you an honest assessment of what I can do.

Success or failure usually has little to do with my thought process. Whether you're a multinational CEO or the owner of a small business, I'll develop a mindset coaching program that will address the issues that are stopping you from fulfilling your potential.

The people who I help often share the same issues:

  • They've already achieved some success, but they've hit a roadblock
  • They haven't yet figured out what their ultimate vision in life is
  • They keep repeating the same harmful behaviours and thought processes—often without realising it
  • They have a desire to fulfil their true potential, but they simply don't know how to go about it.
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If you recognise yourself in any of these statements, I think my particular brand of mindset coaching can help. However, I'm very selective when it comes to the clients I take on. You must be committed to continual personal development, and you must be prepared to be completely honest during every coaching session.

I offer one-on-one coaching that doesn't pull any punches. But guess what? It delivers results. It's been delivering results for many years. Why? Because I don't stand for fluff or bu****it. It wastes our time and prevents us from getting to the truth.

To find out if I'm the right mindset coach for you, book a free discovery consultation with me today. Either in my London office in the Angel/Islington area or over a Zoom call, I'll ask you a series of questions designed to identify the behavioural and mindset issues that are preventing self-improvement.

Mindset Coaching Focuses on Fulfilling Potential

What is getting in the way of fulfilling your potential? Is it self-doubt? Perhaps it's your refusal to deal with painful emotions or harmful thinking patterns. Whatever it is, it's stopping you from becoming the best possible version of yourself.

It's my job as your mindset coach to work out your personal route to fulfilment and success. Of course, success is a very subjective word. For some, it's living a simple life and not having to worry about paying the bills. For others, it involves building a multinational business and selling it for billions.

Mindset coaching begins by creating a vision for your perfect life. Why were you put on this planet? If you fulfil your potential as a human being, what does that look like in practical terms?

As your mindset coach in London, I'll explore this with you at the beginning of our relationship. Only then can we start addressing the limiting beliefs preventing you from being the person you know you can be.

Mindset and Life Coaching Methodologies

I've taken my own path as a mindset coach. I don't just talk the talk—I always walk the walk. I adopt all of the methodologies and principles I teach during my mindset coaching sessions in my everyday life. As a result, I'm not like other mindset coaches you might meet in London.

That said, my way of doing things is an amalgamation of several common approaches used in life and career coaching. For example, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) involves examining how people create their own reality through their communication skills. This is something I cover frequently during one-on-one sessions.

I hate the fixed mindset. Quite frankly, there's no excuse for it. Yes, change and personal growth aren't always easy. However, if you're staying still in this life, you're going backwards. When I'm you're mindset coach, I'll force you to examine the painful emotions from your past that are adversely affecting your future. There'll be nowhere to hide.

MY CLIENTS SAY

Why I Started a Mindset Coaching Business

Ask any of my friends, and they'll tell you the same thing: I just don't give a f**k about what people think of me. That's their problem. Why should I stop being the best version of myself because it displeases them?

It's this attitude that rubs some people up the wrong way. However, this approach to life is why I'm a great mindset coach; I just don't care if my clients hate my guts.

My approach to mindset coaching involves telling painful home truths and forcing people to admit to their failures. When I'm coaching clients, I don't accept fluff and excuses. I insist on the pursuit of a growth mindset, and when my clients refuse to accept change as a positive force for fulfilment, I'm not afraid to call them out.

Believe it or not, everything I just said about mindset coaching makes me the perfect person for people searching for ways to fulfil their potential. My experiences and personality traits are what made me become a mindset coach.

But don't get me wrong; I'm also sympathetic and empathetic when the need arises. All the best mindset coaches are. I genuinely care about helping my clients fulfil their potential; it's one of my driving forces in life.

I want you to be more like me. Why? Because being me helped me achieve my vision in life. I want you to say "I don't give a s**t" when people tell you that they don't like you. I want you to tell them where to go!

Once you stop worrying about how others perceive you, you'll be free to pursue your dream relentlessly and aggressively.

Believe it or not, most people don't have your best interests at heart. They're all tuned in to their favourite radio station—Wii-FM. "What's in it for me?" Develop relationships, be respectful, and treat others as you'd like to be treated. But be ruthless and selfish when the need arises. This is one of the key messages I convey during my mindset coaching sessions.

One Final Thought on Your Growth Mindset

Here's a Japanese proverb to get you thinking:

"It is better to be a warrior in a garden than to be a gardener in a war."

Be a big fish in a small pond. Pick the battles you know you can win. Other mindset coaches wouldn't dream of telling you this. But as I said, I'm different. My approach to mindset coaching involves throwing everything you've got at winning—particularly when the odds are stacked in your favour. And if they're not, make them so!

My Approach to Mindset Coaching

All mindset coaches have their own approach to growth mindset coaching, and I'm no different. As your life coach, I'll work on changing your mindset by adopting the principles of a system I have developed over many years. It's called Vision GPS.

Vision GPS

I wanted to become a mindset coach and start a London-based coaching business because I knew that my own struggles, experiences, and, ultimately, successes, could be put to good use by others.

I'm not a member of the International Coach Federation, but I don't need to be. While I possess various business-related certifications and accreditations, I also studied at the University of Life. I developed a growth mindset through necessity—through a set of guiding principles I would eventually call Vision GPS.

Vision

To move towards a growth mindset, you have to work out what you want from life. Do you want more money? Do you want that big promotion? Do you want to pack up and spend your life as a digital nomad—seeing the world as you go? Together, we'll work out what your ultimate vision for life looks like. We'll then use it as a powerful motivational tool.

G – Goals

it's impossible to jump straight from the beginning to your vision in life. In the vast majority of cases, people need to take small steps on the road to success. Setting daily, weekly, and monthly goals is part of the process. And as your life coach, that's exactly what I'll help you do.

P – Planning

If you're throwing everything at achieving your goals without a strategy, you should expect a chaotic life. I decided to become a mindset coach because one of my strengths is planning. I won't plan for you, but I'll show you the methods and techniques that worked for me.

S – Systems

The systems are the everyday tools and methodologies you use to work towards your goals. If you need a time management coach, I can help. If you need to develop coping mechanisms when things don't go your way, that's one of my strengths as a life coach. Together, we'll develop the systems that will make each day a success.

Change Your Mindset With My Help

I wanted to become a mindset coach because I'm fiercely passionate about seeing people achieve their potential. Imagine a world in which everyone becomes the best possible version of themself. Think about the wars we could stop, the prosperity we could cultivate, and the poverty we could eradicate.

It all starts from within you—all you need to do is look inside yourself for the answers. And that's where I come in.

Book an Initial, Totally Free Mindset Coaching Consultation

My coaching business is located right in the heart of London—within the Angel/Islington area. If you can, I'd love to work on your personal development in person, as it's usually the best and fastest way to deliver results. However, we can also work on eradicating your limiting beliefs over Zoom. Either way, your journey towards your desired future begins with an initial consultation. It's completely free, so what are you waiting for? Book yours today!

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