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A good life coach should wear several hats. He must be a financial advisor if addressing your approach to money or lack thereof; he must be an administrator if helping you with your business, finally he must be a pastor, a guru or witch-doctor if addressing your spiritual needs according to your religious preferences.

What about also a motivational speaker to get you off your backside, a gym instructor if you need to shed some kilos and finally somebody of the same sex so that no temptation occurs.

Very unlikely you will find all those skills combined into the same person.

Which begs the question: why would such a gifted person waste his time advising clients one on one at an average hourly rate when such talent could be used in industry?

Wait! There is more: what about date coaching (to groom you to find the perfect partner), health coaching (to indoctrinate you about the latest food fads), counselling (to help you forgive your ex instead of mumbling death threats), and wedding consultant (to plan your next wedding),

In despair you throw your arms up in the air and head for the self-help section of the nearest bookstore.

While I'm at it let me also add career coach such as Resume Digest and trading coach such as Trading Pal.

Do you carry some baggage? Do you have issues? Do you pick you nose when nobody is watching?

I would argue that this poor state of affairs is a reflection of the moral decay in our society. Good role models are far and few so we run after Mr Fix It to seek solace.

But the problem is much deeper. It has to do with past experience and lack of opportunities. People would like to hang on to what worked well for them and keep doing it again. When the good old days have been replaced by the pain of today you can be forgiven for living in denial. It doesn't make the problem go away though.

With a consumer mindset we can easily believe that someone out there has the answer - just the ticket for you. The generation of the 1920's did not see the Great Depression coming (how could they?). It lasted for ten years and finished with WWII when everybody was commandeered into action.

If the economy is going to bounce back we have nothing to fear - just hang in there, share the same one bedroom flat with another 10 people, live on the dole, go to the public library.

What if instead we are descending into the eye of a world-wide storm? Will you be the last one to acknowledge it? Will there be a charismatic figure appearing to save the day? What about getting yourself right with God and see what He has to say to you? Check out Witness 4 Christ

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