Oh, hi there!
Welcome to a day in life of a coach.
Well, welcome to my office, first of all.
And because we are starting a little late,
you missed a little bit of the day in the life.
But we are gonna get started
because we have a live call starting in 20 minutes.
So we're gonna get ourselves set up with this coffee.
If you're a coffee connoisseur you'll probably hate this
because this is an instant coffee.
But there's a reason why this works,
this works because it has got three grams
of grass-fed collagen, it's got five grams of MCT oil,
it's got some theanine and some neurofactor,
which is basically a mix of things that fire up your brain.
It's a good thing to have right in the morning
because if you are starting and if your day's gonna be busy,
you're gonna do live calls, like we are going to go
on about 600 people live.
You're gonna need some of this stuff like this,
instead of just having caffeine,
which might give you a crash, you get something like this.
This is developed in US only right now,
it's called Strong Coffee.
This will get my day started really, really well.
So let's go make some.
So this is the place where I work.
Now we are gonna go to where I do my live calls.
This is my live call desk.
As you can see, we got two beautiful lights.
They're nice, bright lights.
Let's turn them on.
This is all I get to do, by the way.
Every time I have to do a live call, turn on my light,
rest of my setup is already done.
All I do is I plug in my computer, start this small
but mighty camera, especially for live streaming.
Let's look at this camera.
This is called the Sony ZV-1.
Super tiny camera, I think it costs like 800 bucks.
Super good for live for me.
It streams 4k, but it feels really, really good
because can't really get 4k on live,
but it still feels so good on when you're even on Zoom
where the quality is not very good.
What I'm doing is I'm simply making sure it's set up
for streaming, which it is now.
So it took me maybe 30 seconds, not even 30 seconds.
And now what we are gonna do is
I'm gonna hook up all my devices to my laptop
so my laptop's ready to go.
So sound, which is by the way, this is really good.
This is Shure.
I think it's called SMB.
Yeah, SM7B.
You don't need this guy, there is a smaller version
of this guy that is now available,
plugs in even more easily.
I have this whole contraption
because I don't need to upgrade.
This is really good.
And I don't wanna do that stuff
and I'm actually ready to go live.
But what I'm gonna do first,
which you'll get me to see is I'm actually gonna meditate
for about five minutes before I'm ready for the call.
Let me get set up for my meditation
and I'm right back with you.
So we are done with our meditation, coffee's ready.
And now what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna review questions
that came in.
This is a live call that I'm doing
with our Certified Life Coaches, which are about 700
of them that are gonna be on the live call right now.
I pre-get the questions so I can review them
and I know what kind of questions come in.
And usually, the reason why I like
to get these questions before is because this is more
of a Q&A call, less of a coaching call.
And I want to answer the questions
that addresses the most issues in the same question.
Because a lot of time when you have a big group,
like 600, 700 or 800 people,
the questions repeat and questions tend to be similar,
just different circumstances.
I'm gonna now go ahead
and prepare myself for these questions
because the call starts in about nine minutes.
So I have to get on the call in about five so I can talk
to my team before we get on.
That also means I have to switch over my hat
and get my shoot hat on.
I'm a hat person.
Hello, hello, good morning, good afternoon,
good evening, everybody, coming in from different parts
of the world.
Hit me on where you're coming in from.
Where are you dialing in from?
So we just finished a call with about 700
of our almost graduate certified life coaches.
And one of the things that you would notice
on these calls is that everybody's so passionate,
everybody is so grateful, everybody is just so engaged
in conversations.
And the secret to creating a community like that is
to be grateful, and kind, and caring while you're
on this conversation.
There's a lady who asked me a question,
"Ajit, you're so present in every conversation.
You're able to answer every question.
How is that?"
And one would think, oh, because I'm so smart,
but that's not the case.
The reason why I'm able to engage in most conversations
and be present to most conversation is
because what I have over time developed is the ability
to not look at life as a set of challenges,
but a set of opportunities.
So when you ask me a question,
most likely I will not respond to the challenge
that you may be perceiving your life to be in,
but I might turn the direction and might say,
"Hey, what about this opportunity?
What if this was what was actually happening?"
So when you're having a conversation with someone
and you truly want to care for them, instead of looking
at what is the surface problem that they may be engaged in
and so their mind may be all frazzled, ask why.
Why are they feeling this challenge?
What may be causing this challenge?
What may be their mindset
when they are feeling this challenge?
And as you discover more and more about them by asking
that question before you respond to yourself,
you will find that the answer
that you will give a response will always be something
that is optimistic, something that shows possibility,
something that creates greater results in their lives.
So if you wanna build a grateful, amazing,
heartfelt community, be caring, care for them
and look at their life as a set of opportunities,
not as a set of challenges.
All right, so we just finished our live call
and now is where we take a break.
So this is where I take about 10 minutes
to just bullshit.
Yeah, I'm not gonna do anything.
I'm mostly drinking water, get some protein,
maybe have a snack, watch some funny videos,
and basically decompress.
And then we are gonna do about an hour of work.
Then we are gonna get back into YouTube mode.
We are gonna shoot some videos.
We are gonna do an interview and the rest
of the day is gonna continue to unfold
with some podcasts and YouTube recording.
So next, what happens is some decompression and chill time.
The key to building anything
that you're gonna do consistently is systemize it.
If you systemize it, it's easy to do.
This decompression that you're gonna see is systemized
as well, is usually me pulling up a silly, funny video,
watching it, reading a book that I have right here.
I have a stack of books that I'm looking forward to read
or I'm already reading, or I'm rereading sometimes.
And all I'm gonna do is engage in a book, actually,
that's what I feel like right now.
So I'm gonna pick one of these guys.
I'm gonna get some water,
some of my protein going and yep,
that's what's gonna happen now.
So let's see which one we are gonna do now.
So I just finished reading again this one.
By the way, if you haven't read it, you should.
It looks fresh because I lost my old copy
so I ordered a new one, Think and Grow Rich,
amazing book to just remember some
of the principles of life.
He didn't say it in those words in this book,
but over time, science has proven most
of the things in this book
or psychological studies have proven what is
in this book because this book was written a long time ago.
What I'm gonna read today is this.
It's called The First 90 Days.
Somebody recommended this book to me.
I haven't read it ever in my life,
but it talks about how you can get yourself up
to speed in anything.
What you would find in my books is I like
to read a variety of books.
I don't read a particular type of book
because I've found that the more variety I read,
the more dots I get to connect.
So this book is about starting something new.
Now, this is not really talking
about starting a coaching business,
but I know some of these values and some of the things
that I'll learn here will be helpful
for when I'm working with a coach,
working with somebody who's trying to get started
and trying to get started in the first 90 days, for example.
Recently, I finished reading this, Unmasking Narcissism.
I don't deal with narcissist,
I don't them handle them well
and I don't get to coach them very often,
but it was good for me to understand narcissism.
There's another book that, I was reading this one,
The Science and Technology of Growing Young,
which is about reverse aging.
The Art of Impossible, Wiser, Unwinding Anxiety.
Again, very specific book.
Seed of the Soul, amazing book, by the way,
just finished reading that.
How to Do the Work, another really good book.
This one's an old one,
Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life, I love that one
for a recent read as well.
I have a variety of books,
I like to read as diverse as possible,
usually non-fiction, but yeah,
very rarely I read fiction, but yeah,
so that's what we are gonna do next.
This is where I am just knocking out emails,
responding to people.
This is what an afternoon looks like.
And I would take breaks, I'll get my protein shake,
I'll snack out a little bit with my roasted chickpeas
or peanuts or cashew nuts or something,
just to keep myself energized and get the right kind of fat
and protein a little bit, maybe some carbs.
That's how boring a coach's life should look like
in the middle of the day.
All you're doing is responding
to people's emails, taking a break, reading a book
whenever you get a chance, listening to a podcast.
And that's really what I would be doing for other hour.
And then I have a podcast later.
I'm gonna record a solo cast and I have a podcast.
And then we're gonna go for a long walk and a good workout,
and that's how our day's gonna wrap.
But for now, let's get back into the motion.
So we already have half of the day done.
You already saw me working on computer, doing live calls.
The later half of my day usually looks like something
that I'm creating for the community.
It could be a YouTube video, it could be a podcast,
it could be me interviewing someone.
So we are on a slightly different location.
We just came down from my office, this is a co-working spot.
We booked this room to record some podcast episode.
So I'll be recording that in just a little minute,
I'm just waiting for my guest.
And I wanted to share
with you what we did before the guest came in.
So before the guest came in, I recorded a solo cast
and a video presentation for one of my community members
so I can demonstrate something to them.
Now, the reason why this is so important
for any coach's life is, while we are taking
in so much information,
while we are coaching all these different individuals,
one of the keys to becoming better is being able to take all
of the information, all of the data,
all of the connections you might have made,
and then translate it into a simpler format.
Can you present a complex idea
in five minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes?
Can you have somebody listen to that idea and them going,
"That was a beautiful story, that's a great insight,
oh, I learned something new"?
Because if you can do that, you will become better
and better with your coaching.
Because when you are having a coaching conversation,
the deeper you have done the work,
the deeper you can take your clients.
The more you have sat with yourself
and reflected on something, the easier it is for you
to reflect with somebody else.
So when I am preparing a podcast, when I'm sitting down
for an interview, I'm not only doing it because,
"Well, it's content."
It's actually done strategically,
it's been done thoughtfully
because every single time I'm trying to get better
in the way I tell stories, in the way I present information,
the way I have a conversation, the way I can show up
with a lot more enthusiasm and confidence for the camera
and really see you being present here
while you're not here, while I'm talking to a camera,
while I'm talking to Chris that is behind the camera,
I know who I am talking to because I do this work.
So don't do it for the money.
Don't do it for audience.
Don't do it for recognition.
Do it for you.
It makes it much easier for you to do it
and makes you a lot more playful when you're doing it.
Set a fun time regarding just solo cast.
And I think I'll have a ball time
when my podcast guest shows up.
So next, I'll see you on the podcast.
My podcast's called Master Coaching with Ajit podcast.
This is uploaded in all platforms.
You can go in on Apple, Spotify, whatever you want.
It focuses attention to talking to coaches,
individuals that are in the field of transformation.
They wanna transform lives.
They wanna help society be better.
So if you're interested in that,
you're looking at Master Coaching with Ajit.
- Hello!
- What's up, my man?
How are you?
Wow, you bring mangoes?
- I come bearing fruit.
- How's your day been?
- The day's been great.
- Yeah?
- It's like, yeah.
I'm very grateful for the flow of today.
Whoo, so finally, we just wrapped our podcast episode
with Aaron Alexander.
You're gonna see that on Master Coaching with Ajit podcast.
And well, that wraps my day.
Yep, it's a short day.
It's about 3:30 right now, I'm about to head out.
I'm gonna head out for a walk about for an hour,
listen to a book, be with nature.
And if you listen to the podcast,
you'll see the reasons why for it.
And post that, I'm gonna go for my workout
and go hang out with the kids.
So that is the day in life of a coach
or workday life in a coach.
So now I'm headed out for a walk.