Xtreme Coaching
I
was tasked with picking up the kids after school today, an assignment I try and
avoid not because I don’t like being with the children but I just never seem to
get the hang of finding where they are. I always have to call my wife to ask by
the way how many kids do we have and where is the missing one. I am comforted
to see a few other fathers going through the same predicament. Men need help
God was wise in giving us helpers.
But
what I found interesting in the process today was my oldest daughters demand
for me to watch her swimming lesson. I tried to escape but she insisted so I
eventually agreed. Imagine this the pool area is full of kids and there are
some mommies around watching and there I am standing out like a sore thumb, the
only daddy sitting there with three kids. All the mommies are thinking wow what
a sensitive dad coming to be with the kids. I’m thinking all the assignments
are waiting for me and I am feeling awkward here. Well that part of life. When
the swimming began a lesson came to me. As a successful success coach, father
husband author and Pastor I suddenly noticed that the kids that were coached
seemed to be more confident and skilled at swimming than those that are not.
It
became very obvious which kids lived in the water because they have a swimming
pool at home and those that saw the water in a cup of tea or the bathtub. I
learnt a few lessons that I want to share with you. If you are to stand out in
your area of specialization you will need to consider these things carefully.
Need I say that the darker skinned kids were at a disadvantage because they
don’t naturally take to water or any other risky habit? So what are you missing
out on that could make you stand out and be a champion. To be a great swimmer
buy a house with a pool and get a coach.
My
kids are 4, 7 and eight and they swim very well in fact my daughter who is in
grade three will be representing her school in freestyle as they compete with
Rudly college on Friday. But this is because my wife was a great swimmer at
school and won many trophies in her days and she has always insisted that the
kids learn to swim. We do extra lesson for them all through the year and we
have watched them turn from hydrophobic kids to water loving swimmers. The
transformation is amazing from swimming with noodles to swimming with no helps
at all.
Here
are the lessons
- You can become good at anything you focus on
- To become great begin by knowing where you are and where you want to be
- What you invest in will give you Return on investment (Are you investing in your dream)
- Your daily routine with determine the skills that become natural to you
- The mastery of a skills requires a coach who can push you to new levels of self actualisation
- Having a mentor watch over you causes you to perform beyond you ordinary level
- Motivation brings out hidden abilities that make you larger than life so get a coach
Wow when
I thought on this I was so excited I attended that swimming lesson am sure will
go again soon, I might just get some more wisdom.
Whose
coaching you? Our e-coaching program can help you discover the swimmer in you
remember “Even you can succeed” www.success101.co.za
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