You're Not Too Busy
- Tom Davis
- May 20
- 3 min read
"I'm Too Busy for Coaching" Is the Dumbest Thing I Hear from Smart People
I hear it from entrepreneurs. I hear it from executives. I hear it from high performers who have convinced themselves that their schedule is somehow unique, somehow more demanding than everyone else's.
It isn't.
You still need to eat. You still need bloodwork done. You need to train, do cardio, and figure out what supplements, PEDs, or peptides are actually right for your body. Because you're trying to stay healthy, stay looking good, and get that competitive edge. And if you're going to do all of that, you need to do it in the most optimal way possible.
If you're THAT busy, you sure as hell don't have time to figure it all out on your own.
You're Already Running on Too Many Tabs
You're running a business, managing a team, closing deals. And somehow you think you have the bandwidth to also become an expert in nutrition, hormone optimization, training programming, and recovery?
Come on.
Here's the thing that's actually funny: you're already outsourcing everything else. Groceries go to Instacart. Cleaning goes to a service. Cooking goes to a meal prep company or a private chef. Maybe you even have a driver or Uber to work so you can use that time more effectively. You're paying for all of that without blinking.
But coaching is where you draw the line?
Let's Talk About What's Actually Expensive
Being unhealthy is expensive. Low energy is expensive. Brain fog, poor recovery, and underperformance are expensive. You are leaving money on the table every single day your body isn't operating at its best, and you want to call coaching the luxury you can't afford?
Let's be clear about what happens when a high performer ignores their health. They crash. They burn out. They end up sidelined for weeks, sometimes months. The business suffers. The family suffers. Everything they spent years building takes a hit.
That's the real cost of not having a coach.
Your Body Is the One Asset You're Not Optimizing
You pride yourself on optimization. You optimize your calendar, your team, your systems, your finances. But your own body, your most critical asset, the thing that makes every single one of those other things possible, is just running on autopilot?
That's not a flex. That's a blind spot.
The busiest, most successful people in the world have coaches. CEOs have coaches. Pro athletes have coaches. World leaders have advisors for everything. You think you're operating at a higher level than those people, AND you're too busy for the same support systems they rely on?
That doesn't add up.
If the Plan Isn't Working, Say Something
Now, if the plan your coach built genuinely isn't working for your life, that's a different conversation. But let's be honest about what that actually is.
That's not a time problem. That's a communication problem.
And if you haven't said a single word to your coach about it, you don't have a coach problem. You have a you problem.
I ask my clients for 60 seconds every morning and 5 minutes once a week for a more in-depth check-in. That's it. When you give me that, I make the plan work around your life, your schedule, and your goals. But if you go silent and then blame the process, that's not coaching failing you.
That's you failing yourself and calling it something else.
The Standard You Hold Everything Else To
You optimize everything else in your life. Your health deserves the same standard.
If this hit different, you already know what to do.
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