A few weeks back my 80 year old mother asked me whether there’s a book I could give her to read. I gave her my favourite book “Follow your Heart” by Andrew Matthews.

She finished reading it and said “It’s a good mirror to show us how we live our lives!” My mom is Marathi medium Matric pass (1962) but she’s still a student at heart. The English she learnt in school back then was very basic but she’s picked up over the years.

She understood most of the language in the book and wherever she got stuck she wrote down the words and at the end of the day she used to ask me what the words meant. I was just blown away. Coachability is about mindset, about willingness, about commitment, seriousness, not age.

I often tell my clients, “I know – is what gets you stuck. I don’t know – is a great place to be.. it’s a very high state of being.”

She has now started reading “How Life Works” by the same author. If she decides to do an MBA or something I’ll definitely let you know! 🙂