THE 3AM THEORY

Stop Looking Sideways: Why Your Path to Progress Lives in Your Own Truth By Paul Dale  \ The 3AM Method The coaching world is full of noise about what others are doing. The quieter and harder question is what you are actually discovering — and whether you are honest enough to follow it. The Habit That Stops More Coaches Than Any Lack of Knowledge I want to describe something I have watched happen at coaching seminars, at academies, in online discussions, and in my own thinking more times than I care to admit. A coach sees what another coach is doing. Maybe it is a drill. A system. A way of explaining a concept. A philosophy that is attracting attention. And something shifts — a subtle but powerful reorientation. The internal question changes from what am I learning from my players? to what should I be doing based on what they are doing? The sideways glance. It seems harmless. It seems like learning. But there is something in it that, if left unchecked, becomes one of the mo...