Mistake: trying to go it alone

25 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip (single speaker: Bill Gallagher) warning against trying to do everything alone and urging viewers to get help: coaches, mentors, peer groups, and advisors. The speaker lists multiple coach types (writing, speaking, voice, content, financial, facilitation, business, operations), warns not to hire overlapping or competing coaches, and emphasizes choosing trusted, complementary advisors to simplify and improve one’s work. The overall message is pragmatic: enlist specialized help and empower those you trust.

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One really big mistake is trying to do it all on your own. Get a coach, get a peer group, get a mentor, get some advisors, get a lot of help and input from it and then figure out, like, how to use that. Don't get two coaches in the same area. Don't get, like, competing things so that you're more conflicted than ever. Find somebody that you're willing to trust and empower. I've had many, many coaches, and I have multiple coaches today in different realms. I get them for different things. So I have a writing coach, I have a speaking coach, I have a voice coach, I have a content coach. I have so I have a financial coach. I in the past, I've had a coach to learn to coach, a coach in facilitation. I've had business coaches, I've had operations coaches. So I've had different kinds of coaches in different realms, and I can't recommend that enough. Make your life easier. Get a coach. Doesn't have to be me. Pick a coach that fits for you.