This post is unplanned, but true.
I just sat down to write a post (on something else) and considered using AI to help me.
Did I want to be old school and battle it out with my words, opening myself up to the possibility that people might not like my words, it might be hard, and I might get something wrong, or did I want to be fast, and get something out that reflects a computer-generated version of best practice?
I decided to write unassisted by an AI writer (though, believe me, spell check is involved) for a reason that surprised me and transformed the topic of this piece. The reason is that it occurred to me that my own thinking would be totally different if I wrote on my own and arrived at conclusions on my own, rather than interacting with machine-generated language. If I write, I think. I create. I myself change and evolve in the process. And that’s what matters to me right now.
Ultimately, this post is not about AI, but about choosing thinking, growth and discomfort over speed and getting things over with.
As I have been recently in the process of opening myself up to professional growth and change by training as a business coach and welcoming individual coachees into my practice alongside my city and university clients, I have been coming into contact with the discomfort of growth more than usual, and also seeing the gorgeously exciting moments when I or a coachee, friend or colleague synthesize information in a different way and come up with new ideas. (AI would never write such a run-on sentence, and I’m leaving it there. My thoughts DO run on and connect and wander. Take that, Grammarly.).
So, why does this matter in the context of coaching?
It matters because it captures in a microcosm what coaching aims to achieve. When you engage a coach, you are choosing to think and evolve.
It is the coach’s job to hold the door open to your mind, your creativity, your future, and to support you as you find new truths, new inspiration, and new direction. Coaches also help with follow through and translating insights into action, because staying present and creative and inspired can take work, and the magnets pulling you back to the status quo are strong.
Maybe in a future post I will consult the oracles of the internet for ideas, but for now it’s just me, here, evolving.
You are invited to book a chat and come think with me in a coaching session.
By the way, the internet says this post is too short for ideal search engine results, but it’s time for me to think about something else. Be well, friends.