Around 18yrs training dogs, and I often get asked where I continue to find room for improvement.
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Truth is, with every dog.
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Another truth is that I tend to look outside dogdom.
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My sources vary - sometimes it’s a human doctor, a psychologist, a neurologist, or a philosopher, etc.
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About a month back I started taking welding lessons off a master welder.
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I see so many clear parallels between his teaching process and my own development.
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Like so many of my clients - I’m not feeling like I’m much good at welding, but today was about some complex problem solving...
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And I nailed it.
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Coaches need coaches, and I can guarantee that anyone that considers their learning complete lacks perspective. ...

💡 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆.
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💪 Stacking your social media feed with useful role models is a great way to positively influence your development, and to get ideas on how to further your craft.
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⚠️ 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗳𝗳.
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🎙️ In this episode of The STIM my co-host Buddy Spohn leads us down that rabbit hole - amongst many others. What's really cool is that Buddy himself is trying to work this all out, so it's great to be able to address the question in a really organic way.
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✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.
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