David Horne
@davidhorne
Lifelong apprentice.
David Horne
@davidhorne
Lifelong apprentice.
We can operate much better as parents when we know what it is that they want. Then we can ask, “Permission to hold you accountable and support your commitment?”
Mental toughness is a continuum. It’s not either I have it or I don’t. Mental toughness is how much. How much mental toughness do I have left after making mistakes or after a bad performance? The skills that will translate into life are guts, resilience, and the willpower to fight and never give up.
One: You have to train yourself to notice things. It's not 100% natural at first – it certainly wasn’t for me – but raising those antennae is a very worthwhile thing to do. And it snowballs: once I got started taking notes, I ended up taking more and more of them.
Two: Be very liberal about what you keep. If you're going through your notes, cross
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In
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Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.
There’s more to learn from people who endured risk than those who seemingly conquered it, because the kind of skills you need to endure risk are more likely repeatable and relevant to future risks.
Customer service is the crucible of the customer experience—the place where all of the company’s claims, its mission and its values, are tested. And it’s been a long-held belief in business that when your customer is most in need of help and you deliver an “above and beyond” service experience, you are effectively building a moat around your
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