John Wooden — 10 NCAA championships
Bill Belichick — 6 Super Bowl wins
Scotty Bowman — 9 Stanley Cups
These coaches unequivocally helped their teams win these championships. You could argue they were the reason. However, they didn’t sink the jump shot, throw the pass, or hit the top shelf.
Every hall of fame player’s induction speech references the impact of one or several coaches along their journey. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear why and how a coach mattered. The coach almost always helped them discover who they were at their core and fully become that athlete through inspiration, training, and guidance.
The good news for us regular people is that we can hire a coach for almost anything in our life — weekend triathlon, dating, business, our entire lives. We have a dizzying array of opportunities to spend money on coaching.
A coach may be the right move for you. You may find the perfect person who can provide the inspiration, training, and guidance that helps you realize your potential.
And good coaches like the ones above have a system. They build their systems through experience and insight and adapt them to the players they have on the team.
A warning, however.
Beware of coaching success formulas that don’t have “you” in the equation. You are the one in the ring with the bull. Your outcome will result from your effort, perspective, creativity, and accountability.
Be careful not to outsource the YOU in the success formula.
