February 7, 2026 - By: Brandon Jenkins

Coach Brandon Jenkins writes about his time as a Navy pilot and how that relates to Blueprint coaching. Pictured is a Navy helicopter.

There’s a kind of uncertainty that feels familiar to me.

I spent 22 years flying helicopters in the Navy.

One of the biggest shifts wasn’t learning the controls.
It was learning to fly when it wasn’t clear.

Instrument flying is what you trust when your body is
telling you one thing and reality is telling you another.

That’s what knowing my Blueprint feels like to me.

Not a set of answers.
More like an instrument panel.

And a good Blueprint coach isn’t taking the controls.

They’re the experienced copilot in the other seat.
Calm. Present. Asking a simple question:

“What instrument would help you most right now?”

In Blueprint language, that sounds like:

“Which of your Blueprint players would be most
helpful in this situation?”

Not to tell you what to do.
Just to help you get re-oriented.

So you can fly straight and level until you
break out of the clouds again.

Have you had a moment where you didn’t need advice,
you just needed someone in the cockpit with you?

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Coach Brandon Jenkins writes about his time as a Navy pilot and how that relates to Blueprint coaching. Pictured is Brandon flying a Navy helicopter.