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These are the books that changed how I sit with someone else's problem. Less advice. More questions. Better silence.
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19 summaries
Humble Inquiry
9/10 · 16 Aug 2026
Super Mentors
8/10 · 11 May 2024
Time To Think
10/10 · 11 Feb 2022
You Coach You Book
10 Feb 2022
The Prosperous Coach
10/10 · 1 Feb 2022
The Coach's Guide To Teaching
9/10 · 16 Jan 2022
Leadership
10/10 · 26 Dec 2021
The Advice Trap
6/10 · 6 Aug 2021
Team Coaching At Work
8/10 · 13 Jul 2021
The Inner Game of Tennis
7/10 · 7 Jul 2021
Trillion-Dollar Coach
8/10 · 25 Apr 2021
Rapport
6/10 · 13 Apr 2021
The Coaching Habit
9/10 · 31 Jan 2021
The Coaching Habit
9/10 · 31 Jan 2021
Empowered
7/10 · 24 Jan 2021
Challenging Coaching
27 Oct 2020
Influence
8 Mar 2020
Happiness Hypothesis
7/10 · 23 Feb 2020
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F
8/10 · 16 Feb 2020
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