What makes me a super duper coach?

This is not a boastful article. It’s a matter-of-fact, opinionated self-reflection soaked in humility. A lot of it. Humility, that is.

So, what makes me a good coach?

Is it education? Yes. Is it experience? Sure. Certifications? Got a few. Frameworks? Yep.

Another reason is the fact that I’ve fallen. Hard. Often. Publicly. Privately. Repeatedly. Not once. Not twice. But more times than I can count. I’ve fallen at least seventy times seven times!

For me, it means I’ve taken more punches than most people are willing to admit. I’ve started, I’ve shut down, I’ve scaled, I’ve pivoted. I’ve made money, lost money, burned out, and bounced back.

Often, I came back with more clarity, more courage, and more compassion.

That’s what makes me a good coach.

Coaches are shaped by their falls.

You can’t coach someone through a product collapse if you’ve never built one. You can’t coach someone through doubt if you’ve never sat with your own. You can’t hold space for someone else’s mess if you’ve never stood in your own chaos and said, “Okay. Let’s find a way through.”

What I bring to my clients isn’t perfection. It’s pattern recognition. I’ve seen what happens when momentum turns into confusion. When scaling becomes noise. When a dream business starts to feel like a trap.

And I’ve walked founders through it — not only as someone who studied the theory but also as one who lived through the fire.

And here's the other part…

I’ve also succeeded.

I’ve launched companies. Fund raised. Built teams across borders. Started and sold ventures. Created frameworks that others now use.

I’ve coached founders who’ve gone from stuck to scaling. Side hustlers who became CEOs. Teams that turned from chaos to clarity.

I know what it feels like where every decision hits home, the vision is aligned, and the business simply works.

So yes — I’ve fallen 70x7 times. But I’ve also stood tall almost as many.

And coaching, at its core, lives at that intersection: I know what it means to fall and what it takes to rise.

Founders don’t need a perfect coach. They need a proven one.

When you work with me and coaches like me, you're getting a mirror. A strategist. A partner. A challenger.

We ask the hard questions. We listen to the quiet stuff. We track your patterns. We hold you accountable to the version of yourself you keep postponing.

Because we know what’s on the other side, we've walked the bridge from stuck to sharp. From burned out to lit up. We coach from theory and lived experiences, which makes all the difference.

Final thoughts

If you’re building something that matters. If you’re stuck but not broken. If you’ve fallen but still believe in what’s possible.

Then maybe what you need isn’t a new plan. Maybe it’s a coach who’s failed beautifully, risen wisely, and still wakes up curious every morning.

A coach who’s walked the road, missed the exit, crashed the car, and still found the way forward.

Someone who’s fallen 70 x 7 times. And found success just as many.

That’s what makes me and others like me good coaches.

💬 If you’ve ever fallen and gotten back up, even just once, you’re not alone.