Does your therapist stroke your ego?

You know that old adage about ‘practice what you preach’?

At some point someone replaced it with ‘those who can’t do, coach’.

And the world has been worse off since then.

Yes, I know I identify as a coach, but it would be opportunistic of me to ignore the large number of charlatans using the profession to project their world view on others.

Too many people are ready to tell the world how to be better, but only so many who try to be better than they were the day before.

Authenticity is not about the spoken word, it’s about action.

Everyone has a nugget of wisdom to throw around, but only so many have the conviction to give it life.

Most often, people already know what they need to change about their lives to be in a better space, but their lack of understanding in how they may be counter productive in their efforts is what holds them back.

So when you tell them what to change, you’re effectively making them dependent on you for solutions rather than improving their understanding of how life works.

Good intentions are never enough.

Understanding the effectiveness of the methods that we adopt is what determines how successful we are at creating the life that we want.

And because you don’t know what you don’t know, it becomes that much more important to choose your advisors carefully or else you risk getting advice that makes you feel better about your contribution towards the struggles of your life while blaming others for it.

Are you sure you’re choosing advisors to help you grow, or do your advisors make you feel better about your faults?

Don’t just preach your philosophy about life, live it.

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