More and more people are becoming “life coaches,” according to a recent newspaper report, and many colleges now offer degrees in life coaching.

It appears that a degree in life coaching pays better than a degree in a results-oriented field such as engineering, computer programming or foreign language. Life coaches right out of school can charge anywhere from $25 to $75 an hour.

I’d prefer to be paid $75 an hour, if you don’t mind. But, then, I don’t have a college degree in life coaching. I’m just a guy who’s gone through life without any coaching – except from my family, my friends, my teachers, my football coach, my pastors, my co-workers and my bosses. What do I know about life? My advice would be worth absolutely nothing per hour because I didn’t go to college and get a degree in life coaching.

I hate to think of all the mistakes I’d make if I tried to coach other people. First, I’d probably forget to collect the $75 upfront and then find out this clown needs a life coach because he doesn’t have a job – because he has a drinking problem. I’d coach Bob (not his real name – his real name is Tom) to join AA and to stop showing up for work drunk, whereas a real life coach would probably tell him to punch up his resume, post frequently on Facebook and update his LinkedIn profile at least once a month. That’ll be $75, thank you.

Would I be life coaching without a license if I told Doreen that she’s forever dating the wrong kind of men and that she will end up having to change her locks, again, if she doesn’t learn to tell the difference between a guy with a big belt buckle and a guy with a big heart?