You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson

Do Coaches Always Need to Have the Answer? Valorie Burton Says...

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Sep 12, 2021
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ADVICE

Question Perfection To Reframe Doubt

  • Ask yourself "Is this true?" when you feel you must be perfect or have all the answers.
  • Valorie Burton used this question to reframe her 2009 divorce and realize imperfection can teach and improve your coaching.
ANECDOTE

Divorce Became A Coaching Laboratory

  • Valorie Burton shared her 2009 divorce as a turning point that felt like it ended her credibility as a writer and speaker.
  • She processed it with her coaching tools, used life as a laboratory, and became a better coach afterward.
INSIGHT

Use Your Life As A Coaching Lab

  • Treat your life as a living laboratory where you apply the tools you teach and learn from imperfect outcomes.
  • Doing so creates growth and often makes you more effective at coaching others facing the same struggles.
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