Comments on: Executive Coaching and Foggy Mirrors

By: Dr. John McGinn

Dr. John McGinn — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:10:47 +0000

Mervin,

Absolutely! Anyway I can help.

Blessings,

~John

By: Mervin Gillespi

Mervin Gillespi — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:31:51 +0000

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By: Dr. John McGinn

Dr. John McGinn — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:47:30 +0000

Robin,

Sometime people and organizations get stuck in a rut and need a new set of eyes to see things differently and re-frame reality for them. I have learned though that people are reluctant to change until they hurt bad enough or want to bad enough. So most people and businesses just go through life until a crisis of belief comes along. It is the same idea of performing maintenance on your auto or waiting until it is broken. We think we will save money by postponing maintenance, but it eventually costs more when things break down.

Blessings,

~John

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:56:37 +0000

Hey John, great perspective on coaching and reflection as well.

I sometimes wish I had a live in coach 24/7. So many times I’m going down a certain path (like a sudden realization yesterday with my blog) and then all of a sudden, maybe a week later, I just click!

The click will come so much sooner if someone who knows you well enough can just point it out!

Anyway, even coaches have coaches. Great insight John!

By: Robin Lynn Brooks

Robin Lynn Brooks — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:51:57 +0000

I really see such a value in providing services
like this for businesses. As I understand it you
can take a lot of the energy wasted on stressing
and bring people into a more productive focused
playing field. How can you loose – right?

I am curious how one comes to the conclusion usually
that this indeed is what a business needs?
.-= Robin Lynn Brooks´s last blog ..Teachable & Doable Social Media Networking =-.

By: Dr. John McGinn

Dr. John McGinn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:09:56 +0000

Chris,

Thanks for your comments! It appears you have experienced first-hand the benefits of coaching.

Yes, I do have some friends that encourage me along and hold me accountable. It’s the whole “iron sharpens iron” concept. And you hit on a great point – we should choose our friends carefully!

Thanks again for your comments. I hope you come around again!

Blessings,

~John

By: Dr. John McGinn

Dr. John McGinn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:04:01 +0000

Andrew,

Socrates stated that “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Sounds like a great promo line for coaching!

Thanks for stopping by. Looking forward to more dialogue!

Blessings,

~John

By: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:37:43 +0000

Hey Dr. John great article. I love finding coaches to help guide me through difficult parts of my business. There are people who have been there and are where I ultimately want to be, so why not have them help guide me?

Having a personal coach is an excellent way to break through barriers and become better than we are. I seem to learn a ton by reading about people’s experiences and learning from their mistakes (although I still make plenty of mistakes)

Do you consider some of your personal friends as coaches? I mean, I’ve learned a TON through the experiences of some of my friends, although i’ve never really looked at them as coaches before… maybe everyone we meet is a coach for us in some way or another?

Keep it up!
-Chris Hughes

By: Andrew Gallagher

Andrew Gallagher — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:23:48 +0000

That will surely help all readers here Dr. John.

Others always help unless they have wrongful type intentions.

Coaching is awesome!

By: Dr. John McGinn

Dr. John McGinn — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:45:32 +0000

George,

Thank you for your comments. Your are correct about “even coaches have coaches.” My inspiration for the article came during a coaching Mastermind group that I attend.

Blessings,

~John