A new breed of online coaching services offers flat-rate plans that allow you to text-chat with an accredited coach as much as you like. You can access these services from on your computer or smartphone. Conveniently, your conversations are archived, with your entire session history available.
For those of us who communicate with friends and family primarily using email, text messages or Facebook, text-based coaching makes a lot of sense. After all, you could reach out whenever and wherever you had the urge: from your work computer, on your smartphone or even aboard a Wi-Fi equipped plane.
You can text with your coach regularly. Your coach will respond at least once a day, sometimes more, but don't expect immediate answers (these services aren't meant to function as crisis hotlines).
Source: The Wall Street Journal, October 18, 2014
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Whereas, textual coaching is meant to provide responses to your questions and concerns sent by email message--or--text consultations on weekdays between the hours of 7AM and 12 noon (U.S. Eastern Time Zone) via texting or email. Visit www.Leadership401.com for a range of typical personal coaching costs and terms of sale.
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