Are You "Coachable?"

Marketing guru, Seth Godin recently posted on the topic of "coachability". Coaching, or mentoring as it's called in many churches, is a very important aspect of a leader's growth in God. Seth gives the following reasons as to why people are not coachable.

• Challenging the credentials of the coach
• Announcing that you're being unfairly singled out
• Pointing out, angrily, that the last few times, the coach was wrong
• Identifying others who have succeeded without ever being coached
• Resisting a path merely because it was one identified by a coach

According to Seth, "Years ago, at the great Bolshoi Ballet, auditions for the troupe were conducted among 8 year old girls. That's because it took ten years to become great. How did the auditions work? The teachers weren't looking for the best dancers. They were looking for the dancers who took coaching the best. The rest would come with time."