It’s July and that means training camp and double sessions aren’t far behind. This makes it a great time to offer a metaphor that may just help you be a better communicator.
How many times have you been watching a football game and see a quarterback throw a perfect spiral to… no one but an empty piece of turf? He had all day to throw, was under no pressure, and seemed incredibly self-assured as he released the ball. Despite all these things going in his favor, he completely missed the nearest receiver by more than a mile.
“Stupid quarterback,” you mumble if he’s on your team.
“Ha! Ha!” you laugh if he’s not.
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To the Moon and Back: A Personal Retrospective
To boldly go…
The Quest…
Man’s calling…
To boldly go…
As simple as opening the door to a strange room.
As complicated as unlocking the key to a new science.
The urge impels us all to take that first step into unchartered terrain.
Some would rather give others the initial chance.
But there comes a point when human nature drives us to follow those pioneers into a new land of innovation and invention.
That’s when we undertake The Quest.
The Quest.
To discover the undiscovered.
To explore the unexplored.
To know the unknown.
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I wanted to write something special, something personal, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of mankind’s greatest voyage of exploration since Columbus… so far. It didn’t take me long to realize I had already written it and it had already appeared in The Sentinel. This Commentary originally appeared as “The Thrill of Beyond” in the July 20, 1989 issue of The Mendon-Honeoye Falls-Lima Sentinel to mark the 20th anniversary of America’s lunar landing. Here it is in its entirety. (Click the link in the title to see the original in text form.)
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