Concept

Today, the start of this website, mid 2023 moving into 2024, is an era that has within it two aspects. One, there was a pandemic, reference COVID, which changed the way people work. Second, this is the computer age.

There are hundreds of life coach websites that are rapidly evolving as we speak. The reason for that may be simple, it is a way to stay busy, help others, earn income, to name a few, from wherever a computer or device is available, such as from the house, at the restaurant, while traveling, or even another place of business.

For a long time, to put oneself in the place of anything, anyone, or status, that had to do with guidance, such as a life coach, sifu, mentor, pir, advisor, spiritual guide, etc., was considered a 'dangerous' burden. Unless one was 'qualified', such as they went through the passage of obtaining a set spiritual degree, or a leader in their field, it was taboo or in some cases not even allowable to be or state that you are in that in that position. In some societies and constructs, the punishment for breaching certain laws of who was to call themselves a certain status, was severe, and may still be.

Considering that in these times, the practice of having a website to interact with others on different topic matters is prevalent and acceptable, similar to stating oneself to be an 'expert', or 'creating'; sure, some say the only true expert may be the Creator, and can only be the one to truly create something, however, when using a website with preset buttons that say, select expert for your rating on knowledge of a subject, and create the webpage, it is understood it is in a context, and a mater of word use, not so much a subject needing debate of whether one has gone too far as to be out of bounds in the Creator to chivalry schema.

Having years of formal education, spanning having been enrolled for classes by at least 7 post high school colleges and universities, combined with relatively amounts of travel, I have bodies of knowledge that I have not done anything with. The rationale was, when younger even though I had the knowledge, understanding, or whatever the application, it was perceivable that it was not in the proper place to provide it to others, in the social structure. For example, years ago, in a conversation circle, there are elders present closer to 100 years old, while as a 20 something, it is easy to see the contrast there that to go forward in silence not interrupting the elders may have been accepted as the proper thing to do.

Indicative, what has happened, is time has moved along, and knowledge gained which could be helpful has been kept silent.

Aside from trying to act as anyone's advisor, guide, or terms in that ilk, some matters can be addressed in a business format.

In regard to the life coaching idea which has become a trend these days, there are also slices of time which may not necessarily be an entire life. For example, a person that is recognized doctor past retirement age, still advises on how to cure certain illnesses, has asked for help on how to operate a new cellular phone to keep in contact with the clients. The 'advisor' in this case might be a student in junior or even grade school. Providing the information on how to use the cell phone so the doctor can advise while traveling does not necessarily make the student out of bounds. The doctor certainly has not taken up a life coach. But what if someone that calls themself a life coach is the one with the information the client needs? There are slices of time, or a moment, on one end of the spectrum, and entirety of life on the other end. Instead of an undertaking of 'life coach', this is to provide consultation on slices of time, such as a 20 minute moment, to anywhere in the spectrum.

Illustrating with a scenario, a client contacts me and says, I have one family member that will be going away for college for one year and needs information on how to eat healthy, the baby has been diagnosed with an illness and needs a diet plan over one month, while the elders want information on how to improve their nutrition.

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There is not a photo of me on this website, at least right now,. It might seem a conflict of interest, or against the grain of the popular life coach template, however, it might be a quick glance of my background, and the areas I can potentially  help you with. 

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I have considered developing a webpage of the list of teachers; taken in one step at a time method. I can say for now I have regularly studied in the Washington DC area for about the first 20 years, and Baltimore area for about another 20, plus travel including stays at schools in other locations including Chicago and Pittsburgh.

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For an about me page, there is not one on this website as I really do not like the idea of continually talk about oneself, there should be no need, albeit for formality there is website https://sites.google.com/view/luqman-abdullah-thornton, with some background.

-My given name or names is Luqman, then to follow Abdullah; the agnatic surname of my grandfather is Thornton. For mechanical practicality, to set a name on webspace or a questionnaire, or refer, Luqman A. Thornton.