A year ago I wrote about this client. Yesterday, we practiced again for the umpteenth time. He’s married “done so” and it’s no surprise his marriage is celebrating 30 years being undefeated. He’s focused on his piece of the partnership and is “forgetting the rest.” Yesterday he was emotional again. So fun to see progress in another. God, thank you for the gift of this work and the gift of this life. Hope this hits some of you…
I asked my client if he knew why I wanted him to “done so,” and if he remembered why I constantly have those two words printed at the bottom of nearly every “construction zone” page in the 12 and 8 Playbooks. He could not recall either.
Here we go again, I thought to myself. How many times will I assume too much? Will I ever rid myself of the curse of knowledge? Nope to both…
I took a deep breath and told my client the story of Kit Carson and why those words meant so much to him and to me. He got it. He gets it early and often. He is not the problem. My building is. Together, we jumped into page 92 and began to build some humility. Again, an area that is much more of a struggle for me than for the man sitting across the round…
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BUILT TO LEAD 