Gita Coaching Info Slides

Helping Devotees Succeed

GITA COACHING

● a process● applying the Bhagavad-gita● meeting challenges● achieving our goals

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Enlightening the mind with the wisdom of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Discovering and applying success principles of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Discovering devotees' worth and potential

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Finding together solutions that exactly meet their needs

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Inspiring personal improvement

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Appreciating and optimizing what they already have

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Discovering new possibilities

GITA COACHING HELPS DEVOTEES SUCEED BY:

Inspiring contribution

WHAT IS GITA COACHING?

● a weekly or a fortnightly focused conversation● see where you are, choose where you want to

be, plan how to get there

WHO IS A GITA COACH?

● Success partner● Support● Trainer● Motivator● Guide● Etc.

4 ROLES OF A GITA COACH

● Example● Support● Guidance● Challenge

GITA COACHING ASSISTS DEVOTEES IN THESE AREAS

● Health● Sadhana● Service/Career● Relationships● Finances● Etc.

GITA COACHING MODEL

G- Goals

I - Ideas/Instructions

T - Tests

A - Action

GOALS

Choose an important area of your life you want to work on and write down goals you want to achieve in that area.

IDEAS/INSTRUCTIONS

Choose one goal you would like to work on right now and find spiritual instructions and professional knowledge that will help you achieve it.

TESTS

Write down what internal and external tests or obstacles you have to pass in order to achieve it.

ACTION

Write down a weekly action plan to start moving towards achieving your goal.

GITA COACHING WORLDWIDE

● Over 2000 coaching sessions with over 700 residential and congregational ISKCON devotees, many of them leaders

● Coaching with over 20 organizational teams

● Over 2000 Gita Coaching blogs (http://gitacoaching.blogspot.com)

● Hundreds of courses and lectures and other services at ISKCON centers and other venues in these 30 countries: Albania, Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republika Srpska, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USA.

GITA COACHING BENEFITS

● Powerful ideas● Improved sadhana● Better relationships● Life/Time management● Goal setting● Motivation● Overcoming internal and external obstacles to

success● Sastric success principles● …

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Question: Is Gita Coach someone who will tell me what to do?

● Answer: No. He will ask you what you want to do and assist you in doing it (presuming it's Krsna conscious). He doesn’t work on you but for you and with you.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Does having a coach means I'm incompetent?

● A: A sports champion whose coach helps him achieve results is not incompetent. He is highly competent. Still, he uses a coach to achieve even better results.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Should I accept coaching from a junior or someone less advanced?

● A: Coaching is a service. It doesn't mean the coach is superior or better. Srila Prabhupada said: "If you find that in a filthy place there is some gold, take it out."

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Is a coach really necessary, since I can think for myself?

● A: A coach encourages you to think for yourself, even more deeply than you usually do. He will not think for you.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Can a coach be useful to me if he has less knowledge than I have?

● A: A coach is expert in the process of coaching. He doesn't have to be expert in any other field, though he may be.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Isn't training enough (courses, classes, instructions, advice, etc.)?

● A: My experience, at least, shows that it's not. Coaching complements all kinds of training by helping apply what has been learned.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Are there ISKCON leaders or other devotees who have benefited from coaching so far?

● A: Yes, there are many, but we don't mention their names due to confidentiality.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: Is a coach like a siksa guru?● A: No, but he does facilitate understanding the

benefits of spiritual instructions (siksa) and following them with determination and enthusiasm.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT GITA COACHING

● Q: In what ways is coaching connected to Krsna consciousness?

● A: It helps devotees learn and practice Krsna consciousness more successfully. It also helps improve leadership, management and preaching skills.

APPLY THE BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS WITH THE HELP OF A

COACH● a process of learning, renewal, application,

and feedback● fairness, integrity, honesty, human dignity and

spiritual intelligence● actualize this spiritual, principle-centred

approach for achieving your goals and solving problems

HOW DOES GITA COACH ASSIST YOU?

Helps you to envision and clarify what and where you want to be

HOW DOES GITA COACH ASSIST YOU?

Holds you accountable to act on your highest priorities

HOW DOES GITA COACH ASSIST YOU?

Holds you responsible for taking action to create results

HOW DOES GITA COACH ASSIST YOU?

Helps you to improve how you approach interaction with others and create a foundation

of trust and mutual benefit

HOW DOES GITA COACH ASSIST YOU?

Does not work on you but works for you and with you

HOW DOES GITA COACHING HELP YOU?

Helps you apply the process of deep understanding of other people to create interdependent and mutually beneficial

relationships

HOW DOES GITA COACHING HELP YOU?

It plugs you into the power of 1+1=3, helping you work with others to discover the best solutions

HOW DOES GITA COACHING HELP YOU?

It helps you release your potential by making time for the things that renew and enliven you

FORMING NEW HABITS TAKES TIME

● transform your life through the principles of the Bhagavad-gita

● become more effective● more than a cosmetic change● requires a change in habits● takes time

A COMPREHENSIVE FOUNDATION FOR CHANGE

During the coaching process, we work together to understand and develop spiritually-based

habits of personal, interpersonal, professional and organizational effectiveness.

LONG-TERM BENEFITS

● able to internalize and practice the principles of the Bhagavad-gita

● greater success in all areas of your life

CONTACT

akrura@gmail.com

Skype: akrurad

http://gitacoaching.blogspot.com