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Learning to Ride

Road bike
Image by richardmasoner via Flickr

I’ve taught a couple of children how to ride a bicycle.  Maybe you have as well or maybe you can remember learning to ride yourself.  It’s a pretty complex thing – balance, speed, and a bunch of other things have to be dealt with if we’re going to avoid the trip to the medicine cabinet.  It’s really about courage at first – can I DO this – and then about trust after you make that first long run yourself (OK, it’s sort of about stopping during that first run!). Continue reading

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Grace Periods

My friend Robin and I were talking about the notion of “grace periods” the other day.  She was struggling with the notion that during a “grace period” she was still getting charged a fee by someone.  When is a grace period not so graceful, I guess.  But the discussion got me thinking about the notion of grace periods and its one I’m going to try and practice more myself. Continue reading

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Cooks

One of my favorite magazines will be the subject of today’s Foodie Fun Friday post. As with most of my food posts, there are business lessons contained herein – but also some info on making fine eats! Continue reading

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