I just completed a two day all liquid and salad diet. What the hell were these healthy people thinking? I woke up with hallucinations chanting the words Burger King, Burger King, Burger King. The cool thing is I got through it and one of the things that continue to hit me is the concept of coaching yourself. I find myself not only talking to myself but motivating and encouraging myself to work through various stages of what I'm trying to do to lose weight. The thing that continue to amaze me is my inability to be patient and fair to myself, nevertheless; it's taught me the parallel that managers must possess the same patience with their employers.

Currently, I'm down 9 pounds and  feeling better day by day. I continue to walk, run, and lift weights. As we talk about in the progress coaching training system everything comes down to the tiers of learning:

Knowledge

Skill

Behavior

I find myself battling about 80% of the time behaviorally. What I mean by that is breaking habits of eating out, eating bad food, and overall breaking down the habits of a hectic life is very difficult. Much like what managers need to do when always telling people what to do versus questioning them!

I feel lighter, I feel better, but I know I have a long way to go. The funniest thing of this whole battle losing weight is the thought process I have associated with our own coaching system in regard to the three levels of progress: Effort, progress, and results.

I still find myself at the effort stage. I need to sustain the effort knowing that it will produce Progress and ultimately Results. Managers need to do the same thing with their employees.

Signs I May be Making Progress

1.     The other Day I saw a shoe … think about it, its funny.

2.     I did 20 sit ups in a row and no crane or a paramedic.

3.     Got 12 calls from restaurant owners “Where have you been” and only returned 7 of those calls.

4.     Went running two days in a row and no ambulance followed me.

5.     Bumped into my wife and she stayed upright.

Things are really look good!