“I am a madman who wants you to succeed.”
“I want to take a moment to tell you how much I appreciate your work with me this past year. At the start of 2003, I remember asking myself, 'If I were really serious about improving my business this year, what one thing would I do?' The answer, 'I would hire Jim Gahen as my coach.' That was a great decision! One year later, I think about the trajectory my life has taken, both personally and professionally. I can see clearly how you have acted like a booster rocket, pushing me into a higher, happier, and more productive orbit. I have experienced tremendous growth this past year. My relationships are stronger, closer, and healthier today than they were one year ago. I have grown as a leader, I am better organized, and I am more confident and effective as a lawyer and a businessman, all as a result of our work together. You taught me the value of taking responsibility for my own life and happiness. That one shift in thinking and approach has been so productive, both personally and professionally, that it alone was worth the 'price of admission.' Your work consulting with me and my business partner has also been invaluable. We now communicate more clearly, cleanly, and authentically, as a result of our work with you, than we ever had in our previous seven years together. You facilitated our transformation from disagreement to agreement, from frustration to satisfaction, and from discord to unity. In short, you have made a huge difference in my life. Thank you for doing what you do.”
Gary W. Osborne, Esq.
Osborne & Nesbitt LLP
“It’s interesting to observe the phenomenon of creativity when one enrolls themself into a process. A lack of knowledge and courage is replaced with magical answers for moving into action, both on the inside of us and on the outside. I have been blessed with the experience of how that occurs when being coached. You were like the outer reflection of the inner light that directs this wonderful process of growth. Thank you very much for the reflection and for your sensitivity to the immediate issue at hand. Thank you for respecting my personal choice at all times and for never trespassing on the development of my self-authority. Thank you for being in integrity with your mission.”
Teresa Duncan
Spiritual Teacher and Artist
“You have had a tremendous impact on my life in many areas:
Professionally – You have helped me to grow and be comfortable with the power it takes to run a multi-million dollar company. Personally – You have identified and uncovered shadows that keep me from living my mission and allowed me the awareness to make choices consistent with my values. Spiritually – You have helped me to realize that to experience being Spiritual is very personal and it is not a comparison to what works for someone else. Love – You have shown me what unconditional love is. You have given me a complete acceptance and unconditional love throughout our relationship and shown me how to celebrate my failures. More than anything, Jim, I acknowledge, respect and appreciate you for the person that you are and the person that I have become as a result of your impact on my life.”
Jim Kabellis
“You have been blessed with a tremendous gift for working with people and bringing out the best in them. As a coach and a friend, you are loving and kind, and tough when you need to be. I have been able to trust you with my innermost thoughts and feelings. You are honest, and a man of sterling integrity. You are blessed, and better yet, you touch other lives with your blessing. I send you my love and support.”
Barbara
“I want you and everyone else who may read this letter to know how much of an impact you have had on my life and my business. Being coached by you has been extremely enlightening to me. Your ability to give me hope and focus on those areas of my life that needed attention has been priceless to me. I would recommend that anyone that sees the need for a coach would give you a commitment for the next six months to a year. I am certain they will see phenomenal results from spending time with you.”
Grant Cardone
Cardone Enterprises
“I wanted to personally thank you for the great work you have been doing with me as a professional trainer and coach. You truly have a gift in the area of inspiring and helping others. In the several weeks that we have worked together I have noticed marked improvement in several areas of my life. My personal communications, my balance, my quiet time in the mornings and my incomplete (have all been dramatically affected by your personal training.) I have done and seen just about every training program written, have attended seminars, walked on coals, been through weekend programs etc., but have never been involved in a more effective approach as the work I have done with you. I look forward to a long and continuously prosperous relationship with you.”
Jon C. Sundt
Jack Carl Futures
“Your insightful wisdom, over the past 2 months, has coached me through the selling of one business and the formation of a new one. I owe a great deal of my transformation to you. You have always coached me with laser clarity and compassion. I have never doubted that your primary concern was for my development and well being. I value your friendship and guidance, and look forward to your continued coaching of clarity and mission.”
Derek S. Sherman
“Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into coaching me. Your program has been very valuable to me and has allowed me to really look at myself in a way that I never have before. Your coaching has helped me realize things that I have been tolerating that I don’t need to. Your coaching has helped me to focus on what makes me happy and also what does not. You have also enabled me to set higher standards and not compromise my integrity for a quick fix. Many of the processes we went through were difficult and painful, however, the payoff has been huge. Thank you again for your friendship and professionalism.”
Ozzie
“This note is to make tangible the thoughts and feelings I spontaneously expressed to you in our session two days ago. The dialogue was along the lines of: 'I’m so smart, no one can figure me out better than me.' And, I want to say right now that you, Jim, take me to new, unfamiliar, wonderful places that have never occurred to me in 25 years of working on myself! You gently guide me into the next plane of happiness, joy and self-worth. And the universe responds in exceptionally positive ways to the better way that I feel about me. You do it speaking from your own experience. Simply; so much common sense, love and support from your heart to mine. Thank you, brother!”
Rich Menges
“Since the start of our coaching relationship my life has changed positively. For this I thank you. One of the many values of having you as my coach is that you create accountability… By taking action, I have allowed the personal side of my life to coexist with my ever-present business/work side. This balance, one of the first objectives of your coaching program – achieving the “round wheel” – provides me a much different perspective on my life. This balance has shown me that it’s OK to take care of myself and by doing so, such action reinforces all parts of my life. This allows me to relax, work off stress and steam, and thus deal with employees, family, associates in a more direct, real way. My new actions also provide me the energy and commitment to be accountable to myself. My stress level has decreased significantly, partly due to my better physical condition and diet, but more so by the fact that I do not feel the unbalance that once existed, the anger I felt without such balance, and the frustration that came by not seeing a way out of that unbalance. I like myself more now than in many years. Therefore, I am not as critical of myself, but more forgiving. This allows me to be less critical and more forgiving of all those around me. By being willing and able to respond to my life, I have created new, positive, and constructive habits. I am seeing the success of such actions and enjoying it. This has created an environment of wanting more of the same. Thanks for your assistance. You have played a major role in guiding my success. I appreciate your honesty and directness, and asking those questions that create accountability. Thanks for being my coach and my friend. I love you.”
Bob
Salt & Associates