I learned to ride a bicycle when I was four or five years old. Like most people, rode a bike a lot as a kid, and then I occasionally rode through my early teenage years until learning to drive a car. Until last month, I don’t think I’d ridden a bicycle for maybe 30+ […]
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When I was in grade school, it seemed a permission slip was required for just about anything outside the norm. Leave early? You needed permission. Walk to the principal’s office? You’d better have a permission slip. Missed class to go to the doctor? The permission slip better be signed by the doc! It all
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A while back my 20-year-old son was in our kitchen making a smoothie. Lots of frozen fruit was involved. He poured in some fancy oat milk or goat milk or something of that nature. Some protein powder and ice found their way into the mix. After a high-decibel moment of blending, he poured the
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Jill came into our coaching session exhausted and a bit confused. She described her situation in no uncertain terms: “My co-worker is wearing me out!” When we explored the issue a bit further, it turned out that Jill’s co-worker was intruding into Jill’s mental space. Jill did not care about politics, but her co-worker
