Humble Pie Tastes Good
We can't outgrow our ego, but maybe we can out learn it.
I started working 1:1 with a coach about 6 weeks ago. It has been a total freakin game changer.
For a while I've had resistance around doing something like this.
Partly because:
I'm pretty self sufficient when it comes to figuring things out.
My ego
See number 2
This is a weird Calebism I've had:
I offer coaching, I shouldn't need coaching
But after 6 weeks of it, I can humbly admit, I was so wrong.
Having a coach doesn't negate my own strengths and abilities. It supplements my weaknesses.
For me that's things like:
Staying on task
Narrowing my focus to one thing instead of 5 things
Having accountability to do the things I say before the next session
And maybe most important, just having another brain to bounce ideas off of that challenges me to draw sharper conclusions
This coaching experience is causing me to look inward at other places I short change myself because of my ego.
If you've been keeping up with me for very long you already know that I'm a huge advocate of learning new things.
In fact, I think one of the greatest superpowers you can possess is the ability to learn.
Back in my training days at 8711, Chad Stahelski (Director of John Wick) used to drill into our heads:
Learn how to learn!
And it's true. Learning is a skill.
Knowing this, I'm surprised sometimes at my own resistance to it.
And honestly it isn't even a resistance to learning, it's resistance to learning around things I'm already "knowledgeable" in.
Filmmaking. Camera stuff.
I get into this mental mode of:
I've been shooting for so long, I shouldn't need a workshop or someone's course
Which is bizarre since I'm in that same business with my own products like Short Form Filmmaker (shameless plug).
But that type of thinking literally costs me. And in the most important currency:
Time
It's made me waste weeks, and sometimes months trying to figure something out I could've learned in a 40 minute video.
I read in a book somewhere that "if you can steal someone's 10000 hours, you should."
I love that.
So much that is actually quoted in the opening intro to my confirmation email when you join the newsletter from my website.
And everytime I allow myself to do that, whether it's asking someone else for guidance, or buying a course on 360 cameras (my latest course purchase)
I realize for the gazillionth time in my life that when it's all said and done..
Humble pie tastes good.
I hope this helps
Caleb
Oh P.S. Short Form Filmmaker is getting a community you gain access to when you do the program. To bounce ideas, collab with other creators, ask questions, it's gonna be rad.
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