I once came across an interesting story in James Altucher’s book “Skip The Line”:
Back in the 1960’s, there was a high jumper named Dick Fosbury who was pretty average at the sport.
He used to do the high jump just like everyone else – running straight towards the bar and jumping over it while moving forward.
But this method didn’t work for him. His legs were so long he constantly clipped the bar, reducing the height he could reach.
One day, he decided to do the exact opposite and jump over the bar backwards (which seemed like a wacko idea at the time … you can’t jump over the bar backwards?!?!!!)
But it worked like a charm, and he went from being a mediocre high school athlete to winning the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics shortly afterwards.
The “Fosbury Flop” is now the accepted method of doing the high jump and is used by all in the sport.
The point that Altucher makes with this story is you can shortcut the “10,000 Hour Rule” and save a lot of time and energy by finding alternate methods that work instead of banging your head against the wall the old way (he calls it the “10,000 Experiments Rule”)
The same goes with building a coaching business …
By learning from the mistakes of others you can find new and better ways of doing things.
With that in mind, Amanda Barrientez will be doing a live masterclass for my community next week called “5 Mistakes to Avoid if You Want to Build a 6-Figure Coaching Business”.
It’s happening on Tuesday, March 5th at 1 pm EST and you can save your seat for it here:
