Hey, Kwan here. And in this video, we're going to talk about what coaching is not. Now we went over in the other video what exactly coaching is, in this video, I want to share with you some of the different types of services that are out there that are kind of connected to coaching, but aren't necessarily within the coaching realm. So let me give you an example here. So we have the different types of services that are out there that are related to coaching such as mentoring, counseling therapy, and let me kind of give you the difference here as far as why these particular services are not coaching. So with mentoring, a mentor is a sponsor is a particular individual that has the experience, right?

The knowledge is typically where somebody wants to be out. So if I have a mentor, for let's say, an entrepreneur, business owner, businessman, mentor, that is exactly where I want to be. Now that doesn't necessarily mean that they're going to be coaching mean, they could just be providing me maybe some advice, some tips and tricks here and there to help me overcome some obstacles that I may be going through, but they're not going to be coaching me on how I need to get to where they are at, right? Because a lot of times mentors are for free, right? They're not charging you anything. And you're typically providing them value and some sort of way, shape or form.

And so then counseling, this is where you're working with somebody who is dissatisfied with their life. They're seeking guidance and advice. And a lot of times, the counselors helping them with their current problems, and they're more of a listener. So I know people that go to counseling, that are just kind of looking to get hurt. They want somebody to sit there and listen to their problems, and not necessarily give them a solution. Right.

They're just more of like, Just hear me out. I want to get this out in the open and others A lot of times, this works extremely well, for people that just want to get things out there, right? They don't want a solution. They don't really want to help to overcome it. A lot of times, it's just like, Hey, I have this problem, just hear me out, right? And so that's the difference there between the counseling and the coaching.

With the coaching, you're helping people get from one particular point to another point in their life, right? And you're coaching them all along the way, with counseling, you're just more of a listener. Now with therapy, therapy deals with somebody's mental health, right? And so when you're dealing with coaching, that's dealing with the clients mental growth, not mental health, right, because the current motive for entering into therapy or seeking counseling is usually to get away from pain or discomfort, rather than moving towards a particular goal. So let me give you an example. So let's say that you are wanting to lose weight, right, you're not going to necessarily go to therapy, to want to lose weight right or to seek help losing weight.

Because in that particular sense, when you're going to therapy, you're most likely looking to get away from something, right? And you're not trying to get away from losing weight. And so that's kind of the difference there, you're going to be going to a coach to help you reach a desired weight outcome, right. And so that's why you're going to be most likely reaching out to a coach and working with the coach, because they're going to help you get from your current weight to where your you know, ideal weight is right where you want to weigh, let's say 30 pounds less 20 pounds less. therapy's really just kind of dealing with where you're currently at, and the struggles that you're going through and then helping you kind of get away from those maybe look at things from a different perspective. And that's typically what therapy really deals with is helping people okay, up their eyes in a sense, and be able to look at their problems, pains challenges, from a different point of view from a different lens.

And so with training, this is a process of getting knowledge or skills through experience or teaching. In this particular scenario, the trainer is by definition, the expert. And the training course, is typically going to be targeted to specific individuals that want a specific skill. And they want typically immediate results, right? And this is not coaching because coaching is something where we're trying to get people to look within and to master their inner game, to get the clarity to get the vision, right, so that they can accomplish and get to, you know, where they want to be. as a consultant.

This is where you're typically a subject matter expert, and you're providing expertise to solve business problems, personal problems, and so you're not necessarily doing any type of coaching your consultant people because you're subject matter expert, and you're helping them increase improve whatever it is that you're trying to get better at, right? So there are some overlap here with mentoring, counseling, therapy training, you know, consultant, but overall, a coach is not any one of these. But overall, a coach is there to challenge you to help you get clarity to help you get from where you currently are to where you want to be through a very specific coaching program. And so that's it for this video here. And we'll see you guys in the next one.