Episode 367 – Why Is Coaching Hard?

In this episode, we talk about what coaching is, what it isn’t, and why real coaching is hard. Teaching or training is giving specific knowledge about something. It might be a skill or it might be an idea. Sometimes teaching is accompanied by testing to assess the level of understanding. On the other hand, coaching is completely different. It may or may not involve teaching, but it is the process of people's encouragement. It deals with the reasons and excuses we have for not doing what we already know. It involves far more love and commitment than teaching. It means we are empty of our own agenda and only in it for the success of the person being coached. This can be hard.