My Father's Day weekend, while perhaps not as memorable as last year's, was a full one nonetheless. On a day where the emphasis seems to be so heavy on "buy stuff for Dad," I was instead given several opportunities to reflect on letting things go, one in particular a better gift than any "thing" I …
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As part of celebrating the seven terrific years of training I've had with my now departing Rec & Ed Aikido instructor, I am dedicating a few posts to things I've learned from my training and how it has reflected in other areas of my life. This first one actually deals with the lesson I learned …
Continue reading Sorry, Sir, Your Ego Trip Has Been Unavoidably Delayed
Some sad news and some happy news out of my Rec & Ed Aikido club. First, the sad news. After over ten years teaching the Rec & Ed club, our instructor is leaving Ann Arbor to teach elementary school in Vermont. I was fortunate to spend seven of those years as his student, and I …
ASK ME TO DESCRIBE MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE IN ONE WORD, and I would answer, "Improvement". New and/or better stuff is fascinating to me, and helping improve things is what I do for a living. Improving myself is certainly part of that. Something didn't go well? Sure, I get bummed out. But next time will …
Continue reading Improving by “Halves”: Lessons Learned from Dexter-Ann Arbor 2013
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