GOOD BUT COULD TRY HARDER

Every single school report I ever received said: ‘Good, but could try harder’.

I had a wonderful teachers in my mom and dad, and soon learnt what good enough was, and became excellent at delivering exactly that – ‘good but could try harder’

Went to uni, had a lot of fun, got a 2.1 – good but could try harder.

In my career, I’ve helped create and grow companies, done my part to accelerate clean energy, particularly good in the context of two parental leaves and working 4 days/week - but have I really given my all? No. Good but could try harder.

At this rate it feels that this will be on my gravestone – good but could try harder. A solid 8/10 for a life.

But now, in the wild world of transformational coaching, a solid 8/10 doesn’t cut it. A good enough coach is not good enough, a great coach is all that matters. 8/10 is wasted potential if you are capable of a 10.

What has got you here, won’t get you there.

And it is terrifying.

Because trying, really trying, means commitment. Means failure. Means feeling. Means struggle and challenge and doubt. Means a marker in the sand and a commitment to stick to it.

For a great life is not the easy life.

A great life is the ups and downs. The success and the failure. The light and the dark.

So here goes:

This year Paul gave it his all….