Conscious Coaching: The Art and Science of Building Buy-In

Meyer defined patience as not simply the ability to wait, but rather “how we behave while we’re waiting.”

Progression is the next natural step after we understand the roots of who we are (reflection) and who we want to become (inspection).

I make it a point to state to others in the field that if you have identified your training philosophy before you have identified your coaching identity then you have misplaced your priorities.

Trust, combined with strong communication skills, is an alchemy for excellence.

We each have unique and distinct strengths and skills, and should aim to seek out strategies that serve as identifiers and multipliers of those strengths.

the relationship between a coach and an athlete can be conceptualized by the elements of both success and effectiveness (2005). Success relates to skill development and competition results, and effectiveness focuses upon personal satisfaction and the development of a rewarding bond.

Social intelligence, according to Honeywill, refers to the exclusive ability of humans to navigate, negotiate, and influence social relationships and environments.

Push yourself to strip away the superficial and get to the root of everything you do. If you truly want to affect people, you better know how to be in touch with yourself and every single one of your drives and vulnerabilities as a human being.

Dunning-Kruger effect, which is a cognitive bias that exists where individuals who possess a very low level of ability or true competence perceive themselves to be vastly superior to those around them or in their abilities in general.