After a 2-year coaching hiatus, I was back. Back with a coaching sprint based on connection, interaction, and growth.
Based on an assumption that a bad plan done is better than a good plan left on a shelf. The hypothesis was simple enough. Would a peer-to-peer learning environment, that encourages trial and error, learning by doing, improve people’s adherence to a training plan?
It bombed. Lots of complimentary comments. No cigarillos.
I could have taken it as a threat to my existence as a coach. Jumped on the hustle bus and doubled down on the rhetoric. And cut prices to get bums on seats.
Instead, I decided to let it go, flip my thinking and take a look at the opportunity. I had not got a hit. But, I had learned something (I wonder how many of us don’t learn much at all and instead prop up what is really not working with tactics, promises, and brute force).
This is what I learned:
Don’t feel threatened. Or get the fear. Allow yourself to see the opportunity to be better. After all, I could ask those who clicked the link. or offered a compliment, a few questions that might help me better understand where to go next.
We can plan, prepare and gauge interest as much as we like. Real insight comes only with real-life decisions. We learn by doing.
If it is not a hit, then switch. Let go of what is not working. There is no point in taking the same shot twice. Think battleships.
Low-fidelity trials help you test your idea, not your tactics.
Accepting your outcome is empowering. Trust yourself and your process.
And if that is not enriching enough for you. You can always quit, jump on the hustle bus, and go find your wealth.