{"id":43809,"date":"2018-03-01T14:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T06:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roblilwall.com\/en-my\/?p=43809"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:20:03","slug":"why-you-dont-have-a-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roblilwall.com\/en-my\/blog\/2018\/03\/01\/why-you-dont-have-a-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Why you don\u2019t have a coach\u2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-43810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roblilwall.com\/en-my\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/03\/1-MARCH-II-e1526366898901-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Lilwall and Trevor Smith\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last month, I met the world\u2019s number one coach, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith at an event I was speaking at in Mumbai.<\/p>\n<p>One thing he asked the audience in his talk was:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many of the world\u2019s professional tennis players have a coach?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obvious answer: \u201cAll of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo if you are a serious professional in another field, why don\u2019t you have a coach?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Great point Marshall!<\/p>\n<p>For the past four years, I have been fortunate to have a business coach in HK to help take my speaking business to the next level \u2013 Trevor Smith who runs the The Orchard Partnership.<\/p>\n<p>With his help, my business has more than trebled in profits.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Trevor took me for lunch at the FCC HK, and we had a very helpful 90 minutes talking about a particular aspect of the business which I felt I needed to improve in \u2013 I gained some seriously powerful nuggets which I know will be extremely helpful, and make the small investment I spent on the meeting pay for itself 10x or 20x, or 30x over.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a coach, what excuses do you give for not having one?<\/p>\n<p>Think how those excuses would sound coming from the mouth of an aspiring professional tennis player who is serious about succeeding?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you again Trevor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, I met the world\u2019s number one coach, Dr. Marshall Goldsmith at an event I was speaking at in Mumbai. 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