Scoutmaster vs Coach

I was recently talking to some friends about being a Scoutmaster.  It dawned on me that a Scoutmaster is like a coach.   A coach teaches fundamentals of the sport.  Things like how to kick a soccer ball on the inside or the outside of the foot.  How to pass that soccer ball to teammates.  A Scoutmaster teaches fundamentals about how to set up a campfire and how to be safe around one.  Coaches can be tough on their players to get them to perform.  At times Scoutmasters have to be tough on the scouts for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes its for safety reasons and sometimes its for the deeper life lesson. 
I know some sport coaches will teach character, teamwork, and leadership.  In scouting, we teach so much more that the Scouts will be able to use in their life... First Aid, Community Service, Personal Managements (time and money), Physical Fitness, Chemistry, Nature, Cooking, and group leadership and project management... to name a few.

I recently read in a troop guide that meetings are like practices and campouts are like games.

Below in the picture... teaching the fundamentals of throwing a tomahawk.

Integrity...to a new level

I recently attended Dream University.  Last summer I registered for the Certified Dream Coach® program.  I was very surprised to learn a deeper and stronger definition of integrity.  Being an Eagle Scout, I have always tried to do my best to live in honor and to be trustworthy.  What I learned at Dream University was a new level.  I never thought that a personal commitment to myself, was an agreement to myself.  For example, when starting out the New Year, we make a New Year's resolution.  Something like "I'll wake up early and run for 30 minutes on a treadmill."  That thought is an internal agreement with yourself.  So when the alarm clock goes off in the morning and the snooze is pushed several times and eventually the OFF button, you just broke your own agreement with yourself.  I learned that after many years of breaking these personal agreements, even your own deep beliefs become to learn that you can't trust yourself.  What an Ah-ha moment I had that day.  

Another level of personal agreements we have is to God. how many thoughts have we had and have told ourselves that we would do something that involved communication with God...and then we don't follow through.  It got me to think about my trustworthiness.  I know I am very good on the external agreements.  Doing what I say I am going to do...never thought of it from an internal perspective and from a spiritual perspective.  WOW!

So after 7 days at Dream University, I became a Certified Dream Coach®.  I was personally trained by America's Dream Coach®, Marcia Wieder.  Do you have dreams and goals, but haven't been able to break through to achieve them?  A Dream Coach® can help you make the break through you are looking for.  Send me a quick e-mail and I can setup a time for a consultation to see if Dream Coaching is for you. thestevewalsh@live.com

Lead by Example,

Scouter Steve