7 things that kept me BROKE as a coach: 1. The Hobby Coach: I would say I’m a coach when I didn’t even have a client 2. The 80% Coach: I would scroll through social media for hours every day, only to find myself getting more and more depressed. I would stay busy all week long with zero results. 3. The Preaching Coach: I was giving everyone advice and analyzing all my friends and family, not realizing that the only way I was going to be considered a leader or a coach was to be the embodiment of it. 4.