{"id":7751,"date":"2025-09-15T00:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=7751"},"modified":"2025-09-15T00:31:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T23:31:22","slug":"mision-cumplida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2025\/09\/15\/mision-cumplida\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission accomplished!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is a day of celebration! After three years of practising and growing as a coach, having overcome a variety of delays and roadblocks, I finally took the plunge; I applied for the ACC certification, and I passed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo of a small section of the vision board I have on my bedroom wall. The idea is to put up images that help you visualise your goals and get closer to them.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Associate Certified Coach (ACC)<\/strong> credential is the first certification level from the International Coaching Federation<\/strong><\/a> (ICF)<\/strong>. the best known and most widely extended coaching institution in the world. A fundamental part of ICF\u00b4s work consists of establishing quality standards and a code of ethics for the coaching profession<\/strong>, which is currently not regulated, and that can easily be confused with other help professions, like consulting, mentoring<\/a> or psychotherapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The certification requirements include a certain number of hours of training, hours of mentoring and practice hours doing coaching sessions, as well as passing an exam. And now I understand why: all of those elements complement each other, combining theory and practice, action and reflection, for a much more comprehensive learning experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know this is just another step along the way, but for me, it\u00b4s a tremendously important step, for two reasons: <\/p>\n\n\n\n