CHAPTER 25Let Others Help You Be the STAR: Be Coachable

What to Expect: We have all had coaches and teachers in our lives. They call us out on our issues and challenge us to be better. This chapter looks into how the many forms of “coaches” and how they are important.

When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.

—Buddhist proverb

Once the person commits to being coached, s/he begins to experience a different, more hopeful world as his or her perceptions evolve.

—John G. Agnos

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