A short coaching video by Jim Johnson that urges viewers to test and improve their thinking by actively arguing with their own ideas. The speaker frames this as a practical skill: evaluate whether an idea meets your goals, anticipate objections, and try to 'defeat' your own proposals to reveal weaknesses before presenting them.
Foreign. For you. How well do you think in this week's coaching moment, I want to challenge you to consider your ideas and work on the ability to argue with yourself. Do you have the ability to defeat your own ideas? If somebody was to challenge your ideas, how would they do it? How do you know whether you have a good idea that's worth bringing up? It's your own ability to analyze it. Does this idea accomplish your goals? Is it going to cause more problems? The best way to understand this is to be able to argue with yourself.
