Just Passing Through?

I must admit this post was inspired by Seth Godin’s post today. How many of you are just passing through? Just showing up for workouts, counting reps, reading the workouts to the athletes or better yet posting them on a white board and standing back watching? Are you a PE teacher who takes 15 minutes for roll so you have less time to teach? Are you are therapist you has their patients go ride the bike for the 10 minutes of a therapy session? Folks that is not coaching or teaching, you are not maximizing the experience for you or the athlete. You would be surprised (maybe you would not) how much of this I see. Some people can survive this way, the group that are into job preservation, but I am not interested in surviving. I want to thrive and I want my athletes to thrive. To thrive you have to get out there and coach,you have to show up everyday in mind and body, you have to push and prod, encourage and correct, you have to be willing to make mistakes and learn from those mistakes not repeat them. A wise man once said that you have one life to life so make it special. Make it special for yourself and everyone you interact with.