I had a long talk with a professional coach (not my coach, to be clear) this week about how practicing a skill benefits the person doing the practicing, whether they ever feel like they are getting really good at that skill or not. In this case, we were talking about their golf game, so as […]
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Hey folks- I’ll keep this short and simple, if you promise to read it all. Just kidding. Here we go… As I’ve mentioned before, our gatherings for the rest of August will be at the Plett house (please e-mail me if you need the address). Then there will be the September long weekend (no gathering), […]
read moreHey folks – just a reminder that we (The Table) are taking this as our long weekend, so there will be no gathering. However, if you want a little something to consider, I’m including the link below to Jen Zorrati’s thoughtful (and short) piece about some recent research describing what scrolling does to our brains. Short […]
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At The Table, we like to explore what we believe. It’s why we exist. We spend a lot of our time considering ideas, reflecting, discussing, questioning. But how much attention have we paid to the quality of the questions we’re asking? Since we’re on the topic of questions (I know, I know…I chose the topic), […]
read moreOk – two things before we get to the content. First of all, the subject line is meant to be funny, not to generate profound existential questions. Hopefully that will make sense in a moment. Second, I realize this weekly blurb is arriving in your inbox remarkably close to the previous Sunday, but because the […]
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