How often have you read a book, taken a course or listened to/watched a good message and thought, “I’m going to start doing that!”
My answer is I’ve done that more times than I can count. Often I do get started…but my track record of sticking with things until I produce real results that I’m proud of is pretty bad.
The exception to that is the times that I’ve been part of a group effort or some kind of organized coaching program.
When I started my own training as a coach twenty-five years ago, I joined a coaching group for other beginner coaches. We had two mentor coaches leading us, and it gave me direction, encouragement and community.
Over the years, whether I’ve been learning specialized knowledge, skills, languages or I was just needing some extra support in navigating a tricky part of life, it’s the coaching groups I’ve belonged to that have really made the difference for me.