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# Coaching Tourists Don't Get Coaching Clients

[Julia Stewart](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/author/julia-stewart)

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**Fifteen years ago, I found myself in a hotel lounge chatting with a group of coach trainers about our coaching students.** We were all there as certifiers for a live coach certification event for the largest [coach training](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-programs) school in the world and someone brought up an odd coaching phenomenon that we had all noticed...

**Thousands of people have fun dabbling with coaching, but never fully commit.** That's fine, but most of them seem to think they are [seriously building businesses](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-100-free-ebook), but they don't make much progress. It reminded me of a recent trip to Hawaii that I'd taken where I noticed how different a tourist's experience of the islands was from a Hawaiian resident's.

I said, "Yeah, it's like they're coaching tourists."

**There is nothing wrong with being a tourist, but it gets expensive and it rarely builds a real business.** If you want to [get coaching clients](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-100-pro), it's important that you know when it's okay to play (and for how long) and when it's time to get down to business.

**So I designed an assessment that'll give you an idea whether you're just a tourist in the land of coaching or whether you really live here.** I hope it helps!

**The scoring key is below.** The higher your score the more you're acting like a tourist rather than a coach who is building a successful business. Learn what to do about this and get on the path to success now.

**0 is a perfect score.** No problems here!  
**5-15% is very good.** [Why not upgrade to great by working with a coach?](http://findacoachhere.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/)  
**20-45% is okay if you're just getting started with [a good coach or training program.](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-training-programs)** But don't delay.  
**50-100% You're definitely are a tourist.** Unless you're independently wealthy, you probably should either do something else for a living or [get more serious about building you coaching business.](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coach-100-business)

Take this free life coach assessment:

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