An MSP owner explains why he dismissed coaching as fluff, then realized his ego was the problem. External feedback forced him to see blind spots he couldn't fix alone, making him a better leader.
If I had been more normal, I don't know that I would have taken to coaching as fervently as I did. It's because I had such a negative view of coaching slash like to me coaching and all that stuff was like self-help like yes for weak people you know just coming from that arrogant college kid look I did this by myself I never took a loan da da da you know all of this sort of stuff that was just insecure arrogance posing as bravado. And you're right, being able to go from looking at things like core values and vision statements and culture as being fluff, as that kind of initial, to the complete opposite. And the same thing in spades applies to coaching, which is, yes, you cannot get to the best version of yourself if the only influence and feedback you are getting is your own ego. Wow. That's, uh, that, that's quotable right there. I like that.
