Lists of skills I want to build
The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.
Josh Waitzkin • The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance
above all, don’t talk about people, either to praise or criticize them, or to compare them.
Epictetus • Discourses, Fragments, Handbook (Oxford World's Classics)
Step one is choosing an objective for your post, such as:
- Open people’s eyes by proving the status quo wrong. Example.
- Share a solution to a tough problem. Example.
- Distill an overwhelming topic into something approachable. Example.
- Tell a suspenseful and emotional story that imparts a lesson. Example.
- Articulate something everyone’s thinking about but
What to Write About
Thorough self-reflection isn’t only critical to becoming a better coach, but also a better person.