A coach argues you don't need perfect information to decide. Let competent people try their first choice, even if it fails. Have backup plans ready, but let them learn by doing.
And the other thing too is if somebody's of sound mind, oftentimes we have to let them make bad decisions because they're grown adults. And if they're of sound mind, they are allowed to make bad decisions. And sometimes we have to let people fail before they will be accepting of help. And that's hard to sit back and do, but sometimes that's the only way you're going to let them see Okay. You know, there's a lot of times when I'm working with families that we come up with plan A, B, C, and D. We're going to try this first because this is what they want to do the most. Right. But then I'll say to the family, I know this isn't going to work long-term, but we're going to let them try it and then just kind of move down the list. But people are allowed to make bad decisions. You don't, they, you don't have to agree.
Yeah. I love that you put it that way. 'Cause when I'm coaching businesses, same thing. If this is what you think the best move is, then let's give it a go. Right. But at the same time, let's have a roadmap and a plan and some contingency plans.
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