I had an interesting conversation the other day.

A friend told me he was considering hiring a personal coach.

(I know this is going to get me flamed by all the personal coaches out there. So be it. Maybe I’m wrong.)

Of course never considering that to be a paid profession, outside of personal fitness or professional athletics, my natural question was: Why?

His response was. “I think I need someone to give me a kick in the ass occasionally.”

It may just be me, but if you need someone else to make you work harder or get more passionate about your future then this is the only advice you need:

Make a change.

It’s not necessary to be radical or earth shattering just start by living one new simple short story and see what happens.

If you don’t understand what I mean give this a quick read: A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life (affiliate link). I think I will send him the book.

Side note: I have to confess that during our whole conversation with my friend this is the only thing that was running through my mind: