The Difference Between Doing It and Teaching It

Key Takeaways

Okay, the worst thing could possibly happen to any of us is we think we know everything. I was like, "Sh, I know everything." Like, I'm such a good wrestler. And I remember my senior year after I took second place in the nation, my coach, Greg Williams, who he said, "Hey, do you want to come coach at a wrestling camp?" I was like, "I don't know. Like, I got girls to date this summer. This is like my big time before going to college." And uh he's like, "I'll pay you 100 bucks." I'm like, "I'm in. Let's go." So, I went to the wrestling camp and he's like, "Okay, here's some kids. I need you to train them how to wrestle." I'm like, "Okay." So, I go over to the kids. I'm like, "Okay, this is how." And I remember we're teaching a cheap tilt, which is like my move. I show the kids. I'm like, "Hey, go try it." I sit back and the kids come down. They start trying it and nobody gets it even remotely close. Almost all of them are pinning themselves. I'm like, "No, you guys, you didn't listen to a word I said. Hold on. Come back in. Come back in." I start, "This is how you do a cheap tilt. Okay, no, go do it." And they go back out and everyone's like doing the same thing, flopping all over the place, pinning themselves. And I'm like, "What is wrong with these kids?" I sit back. I'm like, "What are they doing wrong?" I start looking. I'm like, "Oh my gosh, he's doing it wrong." Cuz his hips are like, they keep sliding out. And what else? I start looking like, "Come back in, guys. Come back in. Look at this." I said, "When you're doing it, like, notice, look at where my foot's at. It's right here. Look where my knees pointed." And they're like, "Oh, cool. Okay, go try it again." They start doing it. And all of a sudden, the kids start getting better. I was like, "Huh?" And the entire week I spend with these kids, I'm looking at like what I'm doing on my processes and understanding why they work. One of the fascinating things about a pattern is after you become aware of a pattern, it's like, "Oh, I know the pattern now. I can manipulate. I can change it. I can I can grow it. I can I can I can figure things out based on that." I'd gotten to a point where I'd grown personally at a certain level and I stopped. I was stagnated. And when I shifted and started becoming a coach and helping other people, that's where I started to continue to grow. That's where I shifted from growth to contribution. And that's how I got the next level of growth.