Comments on: Not making a hash out of your understanding of consumption http://spidersecret.com/not-making-a-hash-out-of-your-understanding-of-consumption/ How to Get Clients To Come To You Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:24:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Molly Gordon http://spidersecret.com/not-making-a-hash-out-of-your-understanding-of-consumption/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Molly Gordon Fri, 18 May 2007 22:05:30 +0000 http://spidersecret.com/not-making-a-hash-out-of-your-understanding-of-consumption/#comment-100 Oh yes. My worst offense has been against individual coaching clients who suffered through whatever religion I got at my most recent training. I'd come back from training, in Ann Lamott's words, "stoned on myself," eager to demonstrate my new found skill. Woe unto the client who comes to a session with an issue that doesn't match my advanced notions of good coaching. To extend the meal analogy, it was like delivering salmon to a diner who had ordered ribs, explaining from my superior vantage point that salmon is better for them. And then, in the interest of consumption, force feeding the salmon. Live and learn. ;-) Oh yes.

My worst offense has been against individual coaching clients who suffered through whatever religion I got at my most recent training.

I’d come back from training, in Ann Lamott’s words, “stoned on myself,” eager to demonstrate my new found skill. Woe unto the client who comes to a session with an issue that doesn’t match my advanced notions of good coaching.

To extend the meal analogy, it was like delivering salmon to a diner who had ordered ribs, explaining from my superior vantage point that salmon is better for them. And then, in the interest of consumption, force feeding the salmon.

Live and learn. ;-)

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