What It Means to Be Coachable
Most people will say yes the moment you ask. They read the books, take the notes, nod along. But coachable is not a self-assessment — it is what you did between the lesson ending and the next one starting.
Most people will say yes the moment you ask. They read the books, take the notes, nod along. But coachable is not a self-assessment — it is what you did between the lesson ending and the next one starting.
Look closely and you will see that your life is fenced in by two things and two things only — what you can picture, and what you can hold on to. Both are skills. Both are trainable. And the work starts the moment you decide to start.
You set a goal. The first thing you want to do is tell someone. That single instinct, repeated, is one of the most reliable ways to kill the very thing you said you wanted.