Platonist Coach
Someone once said that all Western Philosophy is “footnotes to Plato”, meaning that Plato’s way of thinking and theorizing has been so significant and foundational that no other theory can take flight without his runway. And his most significant contribution is the Theory of Forms, which imagines a realm of ideals against which we are comparing everything we encounter in the real world.
And that’s what I do as a coach. I see you, measure you against your ideal state, ask why you haven’t reached it yet, and then discern the best action steps to get there. But your ideal self includes a story, and every story worth telling contains trauma, tension, and suspense. Therefore, these “undesirable” elements are part of the ideal. Read this article to unpack this delicious absurdity with me.
Includes a PDF + audio file read by the author.
Someone once said that all Western Philosophy is “footnotes to Plato”, meaning that Plato’s way of thinking and theorizing has been so significant and foundational that no other theory can take flight without his runway. And his most significant contribution is the Theory of Forms, which imagines a realm of ideals against which we are comparing everything we encounter in the real world.
And that’s what I do as a coach. I see you, measure you against your ideal state, ask why you haven’t reached it yet, and then discern the best action steps to get there. But your ideal self includes a story, and every story worth telling contains trauma, tension, and suspense. Therefore, these “undesirable” elements are part of the ideal. Read this article to unpack this delicious absurdity with me.
Includes a PDF + audio file read by the author.
Someone once said that all Western Philosophy is “footnotes to Plato”, meaning that Plato’s way of thinking and theorizing has been so significant and foundational that no other theory can take flight without his runway. And his most significant contribution is the Theory of Forms, which imagines a realm of ideals against which we are comparing everything we encounter in the real world.
And that’s what I do as a coach. I see you, measure you against your ideal state, ask why you haven’t reached it yet, and then discern the best action steps to get there. But your ideal self includes a story, and every story worth telling contains trauma, tension, and suspense. Therefore, these “undesirable” elements are part of the ideal. Read this article to unpack this delicious absurdity with me.
Includes a PDF + audio file read by the author.