BAD NEWS With Some Good News Hidden Inside

I thought about writing several lines of text to prepare you for the bad news. Then I thought that I will just come right out with it and hit you with it ... right from the start. Ready? Here it is.

No certificate truly certifies. Your Certificate as a Certified Meta-Coach does not guarantee that you are competent as a coach. It does not even give proof that you learned the content of Meta-Coaching. It only says that you put in the time and met the minimum requirements.

Now in some parts of the world, Certificates somehow have a mysterious orea about them. People treat them as if they were idols—a symbol of a god or godlike quality. “If you have a golden certificate, you are guaranteed honor and open doors and celebrations and fireworks and all of your dreams coming true.” But the truth? A certificate is just a piece of paper which may or may not be stating any factual truth about you. Cheap Certificate Factories crank out Certificates all the time and, in truth, they are hardly worth anything more than the paper they are printed on.