Every sports professional that ever lived had a good coach at one time or another. A coach is not always someone who excels at the game but someone who at least knows the strategies and can teach you a lot about your own game before you go out on your own. Spiritual growth is not much different from a sport. They both require a lot of spirit and a good coach to help you learn the ropes.
Inner peace isnt the easiest thing to find. Some people who are much older and more experienced than you may actually have a few tricks that you never thought of before. Maybe you dont envision yourself ending up like them but you might gain a lot of valuable insights into your own journey if you hang around and listen to what they have to say. Just learning to sit still when someone else is speaking is a great talent to have. Very few people even know how to actively listen to someone else and to put their own thoughts on hold for a few minutes. If you can learn to listen to a coach, you will acquire valuable insights that will help you to see into your own personality where you might have otherwise been blind.
Its easy for others to see our own problems but very hard for us to...