Trying to learn anything new is uncomfortable because you go from being an expert in the old way to a beginner in the new way. Until your confidence in your newly acquired skills crosses a certain threshold, it's natural to hold back and revert to what you know. This stifles your progress.

Perceptual learning, sometimes called “learning without thinking”, is how you get to shrink 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to 1,000 hours. Research shows that while many experts often struggle to explain how they do what they do, others can learn from them simply through observation. Our brains are pattern matching machines that connect the dots in ways that we don’t fully understand.

In the Coach Academy, we implement perceptual learning through case-studies, Q&A sessions, and shadow coaching where you get to see other more-experienced coaches in action.