When I began coaching, I had some interesting experiences with public encounters. The first few weeks, it was relatively uneventful, but following some success people started to greet me and seek me out in public, often just to say, “Hey!” Initially, it was an exhilarating experience to be seen as our natural human inclinations want to be in the spotlight.
But eventually, as I became more familiar I had these enjoyable encounters and I started to have some poor encounters with rival fans and parents who did not like my coaching methods. The spotlight quickly became old. It was in this aging of the spotlight, that I was able to reflect on the curious case of why I ever enjoyed it at all!
If someone recognized me before I began coaching for some obscure reason, I would often reply, “Oh, I am nobody special. But thank you.” But to be recognized as someone with achievement pandered to the fleshly desires and pride that previously I was able to repress. But it was…
