EP #204 - NLCA 25 How to Get Better at Coaching (The Fastest Way Possible)

Stop Overthinking. Just Do the Reps.

You want to get better at coaching? Faster? The truth is way less glamorous than Instagram makes it out to be: you’ve got to put in the reps. Period. Your brain will try to talk you out of it. The personal development world will sell you the idea that it’s an energy or manifesting problem. But if you want to sharpen your skills, grow your business, and actually feel confident as a coach—you have to coach more.

In this episode, Shelby breaks down why the antidote to almost every problem in your coaching business is volume. Just like when you were a brand-new nurse fumbling through your first IV or assessment, confidence didn’t come from reading about it—it came from doing it. Coaching is the same.

You’ll hear why your first 10 hours as a coach feel wildly different from your first 1,000, how confidence is simply knowing what comes next, and why even if you are manifesting or calibrating your energy, action is still the thing that moves the needle. If you want more sales, more clients, and more impact, the answer is simpler than you think: do the reps.

What You’ll Learn

• Discover why “confidence” isn’t a feeling but a byproduct of repetition and familiarity.
  
  
• Understand how the nurse-to-coach analogy proves that time in the chair is everything.
  
  
• Explore why manifesting and energetics might help—but never replace—consistent action.
  
  
• Learn how more conversations lead to more proposals, and more proposals lead to more clients.
  
  
• Get a no-fluff, straight-talk reminder that in business (and coaching), volume beats perfection every time.
  
  

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