"I Don't Know."

There are certain phrases I look forward to hearing during a coaching conversation.

“That’s a good question!”

“Never thought of it that way before…”

“I don’t know.”

That last one may come as a surprise, because it sounds like a dead end. But one tiny modification makes all the difference…”I don’t know…yet.”

You see, “I don’t know” represents a boundary, a frontier. It’s the edge of your current thinking, beyond which is a whole world of new thinking and new awareness.

So if you hear me cheer the next time you say, “I don’t know,” don’t take it personally. I’m just getting excited about the new thinking that is about to happen.