Coaches

Tip:  Have different coaches in your life!
 
 
Often when we think of a coach, we think of an athletic advisor for a sporting event.  And, there have certainly been some great coaches who have helped many athletes have a better life because of their influence and direction.  In more recent days, however, most of us have heard that a coach can be more than just an athletic advisor.  A coach can be someone who gives you guidance in your own personal life and future.  
 A coach is someone who looks at something with another set of eyes.  They are able to give advice on the best way to approach the problems and challenges that a person may be facing.  The wonderful thing about a coach is that they usually are not emotionally invested in those situations.  Because they are not emotionally involved, they are able to have a better perspective and a more "level-headed" approach in the process.
 A coach does not have to be an expert in the exact area in which you need help.  Of course, experience is a plus, but just the very fact that he or she can look at your situation from an unbiased, unemotional perspective, is the issue that will help them give proper perspective.  All I am trying to point out is that a coach can be someone who simply has a different set of eyes.
 All of us need someone who can look at our circumstances and situations in a different light.  They surely will be able to see one part of it that perhaps we have overlooked.  
 Although I am a big believer in gathering wisdom and counsel from someone who is older and wiser, and who has experience in a particular area, I am also open to the fact that a coach may be anyone who gives me information and direction that will help my life and circumstances to be better.  I know that I am only going to get to live one time so I want to gain all the wisdom I can from as many resources as possible. 
 

Tip:  Have different coaches in your life!