Be Coachable: Ten Truths of Being Coachable

The useful part

In Coachable, Bucher explores ten truths of coachability through the stories of all-time great athletes. "Synthesizing your vision of who and what you want to be with someone else's vision of who and what you can be by collaborating to realize that shared vision." TRUTH 1: Giving In Is Not Giving Up Change is a constant in the short and long term.

How it works

• He told Bucher, "There's faith that comes with going through that, working toward that intended outcome of who I want to be.
• I want to get better, and I'm willing to go backward to go forward." TRUTH 2: A Fixed Flaw Is a Fountain of Faith Humility to take correction and do something with it.
• The frustration of having to reconstruct something as fundamental as his shot led Stephen Curry to learn to have faith in the process.
• That whole process, for me, requires having trust in myself to be able to solve whatever challenges are in front of me.
• You also have to have the resources around you and the openness to say, 'Okay, I don't know everything, I don't have all the answers, but I'm curious.'" TRUTH 3:

What to take from it

Every problem is there to teach us something—to move us forward.

Details worth keeping

The truths are applicable to all walks of life. Sometimes what you set out to do is not what you should be doing. Giving in to a pivot may be just the best thing.