I’m a detective.
No really. I am.
A coaching mentor, Dan Pfaff, recently said that “coaching is detective work. Therapy is detective work.” And he is right.
He was speaking in terms of trying to find the possible root of an injury when the obvious isn’t the cause.
But I think a good coach investigates everything. From physical ailments to how someone is coping with life.
We talk about how the body is feeling but there’s another layer that comes next.
How’s your family? Work stress? How’s your brain?
We get into ALL the things because it would be great if training existed in a bubble but the truth is it just doesn’t work that way.
The stress from that test for your MBA kept you up and the baby’s teething so you didn’t even get that one precious hour of sleep.
That is a workout.
So that’s where we start. We recover from it. Adjust and go from there.
All these things matter. They affect your life in very real and significant ways.
And if we ignore it, it’s just a matter of time before that candle burns out at both ends and there’s nothing left to light again.
So I’m going to ask…but you have to tell.
Give your coach all the information that made your day good or bad.
It matters. All of it matters. And together we can solve the unique little mystery that is you.
