The question I did not ask

Sometimes the best coaching question shows up after the session.

At the end of September, I worked with a client on an ambitious project. We looked at their week in detail. Where the hours go. What eats the energy.

Good work. Very concrete.

Then, writing my notes that evening, I saw the question I had skipped.

"What are you ready to give up to make room for this?"

We had mapped every hour. The trade-off never came up.

I think I stayed on the comfortable side. Time is easy to measure. Sacrifice is harder to say out loud.

This is why I write a debrief after every session. The second look catches what the first one missed.

What question came to you too late this month?