A good coach will help you break your actions down AND build them back up again #TEDTalks

How do professionals get better at what they do? There are two views about this. You go to school, you learn, you graduate, and then you go out into the world and you make your way on your own. Now, the contrasting view comes out of sports. And they say you are never done. Everybody needs a coach in making it on your own. You don't recognize the issues that are standing in your way or if you do, you don't necessarily know how to fix them. And the result is that somewhere along the way, you stop improving. So I asked a former professor of mine and he agreed to come to my operating room and observe me. I didn't think there would be anything much he'd have to say when we were done. Instead, he had old page dense with notes. He was describing what great coaches do. They are your external eyes and ears providing a more accurate picture of your reality. They're recognizing the fundamentals. They're breaking your actions down. and then helping you build them back up again. It made me realize that the coaches were on to something profoundly important. It's not just how good you are now. I think it's how good you're going to be that really matters.