Should I Become A Health Coach (One Minute Quiz)

Alyssa Omandac

Career Quiz and Most Suitable Personality

Health Coaches

Health Coaches The primary responsibility of a health coach is to mentor individuals or groups and help them set specific lifestyle and nutrition goals. They guide, motivate, and help people achieve changes to live a healthier life.

Salary
$47400
Personality
Interest Match



Find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.Confucius

Table of contents
  1. Career Quiz
  2. Suitable Personality Type
  3. Pros and Cons

Career Quiz

In this career quiz, there are 8-10 questions that will give you a pretty good perspective on whether this career is right for you.

There are 3 answers to each question: Dislike, Maybe, and Like.

Answer “Like / Yes” if you tell yourself “Yes! I would love do this” or “Yeah, I’m that type of person”.
Answer “Okay / Maybe” if you tell yourself “Umm…I think I will be okay with that”.
Answer “Dislike / No” if you tell yourself “Ugh…Sounds boring” or “No way!”.

Ready? Let’s start!

Question Yes Maybe No
Are you interested in helping people improve their health?
Are you willing to work with people to set health and lifestyle goals?
Do you think that you can provide the support that people need to stay motivated in improving their health?
Are you passionate about health and fitness?
Do you have compassion for people who want to improve their health?
Do you have intuition about how other people are feeling?
Do you enjoy motivating other people to stay focused on their goals?
Are you organized enough to keep track of clients and assess their improvement?

Your Results

Done?

Now count how many points you have.

Dislike = 0 point
Okay = 1 point
Like = 2 points

After you’re done counting your points. Click below to view your results.


Suitable Personality Type

The Helper

People with this personality type likes to work with people and in teams. They prefer work that allows them to build relationships with others. You can read more about these career personality types here.

People who become Health Coaches need to have excellent listening and communicating skills so that they can develop the best possible plan for their clients. They need to be motivational and compassionate and enjoy helping others. It is also important to be honest and professional while being sensitive to different clients’ weaknesses and insecurities. In addition, a Health Coach should have a passion for learning and enjoy leading by example.

Pros and Cons

Pros

You get to help people improve their lives

If you enjoy helping people, this is an exciting career. Clients will come to you wanting to make changes that improve their overall health, and you make a positive impact on them.

You can set your own schedule

If you start your own health coaching business, you can choose when you meet with clients and set your own schedule.

You learn more about health and wellness

If you already have a passion for health and wellness, you will learn more and be inspired to live a healthier life every day.

You can gain financial freedom

As a health coach, you have the freedom to take on as many clients as you can handle and you can develop your own business. This gives you an opportunity to create financial freedom.

Cons

You may have challenging clients

Some clients might come to you because they need to make a change, but they might not be fully committed to the process. This can be frustrating.

Your schedule can be unpredictable

You may have days when you are very busy, and other days, clients might cancel. You need to work hard to balance your schedule and bring predictability to it.

Don’t know which career to pursue?

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