The Best Coach Works Himself Out of a Job
My friend is a business coach, and he celebrated the day a client fired him. Here is why the best coach is the one working to become unnecessary, and what business owners should look for when they go searching for help.
Work Is Not Here for You. You Are Here for the Work.
After a talk, a lunch, and a phone call, I noticed what actually energizes me: listening. Here is why the work people do is their mission, not mine, and why that makes me a better consultant.
The Problem is Rarely the Problem
I like to fix things. I like to talk. But the problem is rarely the problem, and the middle of the work is where it gets juicy. Here is why I became a coach, and why I will tell you the hard part.
What Has It Cost Me?
There's a question worth sitting with: what has it actually cost you to keep saying yes, to keep pretending you're fine? Chris Eckols unpacks the real price men pay for staying quiet, and offers a different way through.
Why I Stopped Listening to the Loudest Voice in the Room
He signed up for the club's one free tournament, played the back tees two weeks after foot surgery, and finished dead last both days. What stuck with him wasn't the score. It was what he overheard in the clubhouse afterward, and the choice he made about whose voice gets to matter.
What your body knows before your mind admits it
Your mind knows how to lie to you, but your body doesn't. A rough morning, a bitten fingernail, and a missed workout led to a simple realization: when our habits slide, our frequency slides with them, and it bleeds into everything around us.
How to Save yourself from Life’s surprises
Margin isn't just a line on a P&L. It's the space between what you expect and what actually happens, and when a friend's income vanished overnight or another friend's cough turned into a hospital stay, the ones with margin were the ones who could bend instead of break.
The path down is the way up
Alone in an ancient canyon, on a trail with nothing but a jumping cactus for company, Chris Eckols realizes the descent and the climb are the same path. A meditation on solitude, fear, and the pull to be witnessed even when the moment isn't for anyone but him.
One Last Thing To Do
An unfinished project always has a built-in defense: it's not done yet. Chris Eckols unpacks the quiet, protective logic of the open tab — and why hitting send is so much harder than it looks.