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“Coaching isn’t about getting there fast — it’s about taking the scenic route.” 💭

10 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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A coach reflects on learning to slow down with clients like Hervin instead of rushing to solutions. The shift from a straight line to a scenic route, though counterintuitive, made the session feel more successful and deepened engagement.

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I tend to want to be efficient and effective, so I try to tend to be direct. And so what I'm learning is from coaching is to do the opposite. So instead of taking the direct route from A to F, I need to take the scenic route from A to F with the client, right? So that was like my contra evidence that I was working on. That I want to work on. And so I try to achieve that, or, you know, work on that while I'm coaching Hervin in this session, because that's what we're supposed to work on. So, so I feel like I, you know, that's what I was doing. So I, I felt like it was a good session.