“What you taught me doesn’t work.” Said the new coach to me. ME: “Really? How do you know?” NEW COACH: “Because I tried it and it didn’t work.” ME: “Oh. OK.” “How many times did you try it?” NEW COACH: “I tried it once. And then I stopped, because it didn’t work.” ME: “So because you tried it once, you’ve decided that it doesn’t work?” NEW COACH: “Yeah, because if what you taught worked, it would just work every time.” ME: “Even the first time you do it? When you … [Read more...]


