Back when my son was taking Jujitsu classes, the instructor gave the kids a lesson about complaining.
One of them was complaining about something (being thirsty, I think) and the instructor stopped the class to lecture them.
He told them that anything they have to do in life is easier if they just do it and don’t slump their shoulders and whine about it …
He followed that up by promising that he would force extra push-ups on them if he heard anyone else doing it.
Nowadays a lot of parents coddle their kids and would be outraged that an instructor would tell their kids not to complain (how dare he!), but I’m glad he taught them that lesson.
We see plenty of complaining in the coaching world too:
- “There’s too much competition!”
- “It’s too much work to create content regularly”
- “The tech stuff is too hard to figure out …”
- “People are cheap, nobody wants to pay for coaching!”
After interviewing 900+ successful coaches for my podcast, and talking to/working with many more than that I can promise you that very few of them would be classified as “complainers”.
They view issues as challenges to overcome, and they don’t focus on the negative.
If you’re the type of coach, or aspiring coach, who prefers to take action instead of sitting back and complaining, my Natural Born Coach Program is for you.
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