On communication, professional and otherwise.
My daughter Scout, age 11, shares her philosophy: “Most people start off slow and then go fast, but I start off fast, and then try to go as fast as I can at the end, but sometimes someone catches me.”
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From Soccer Dad, Chapter 1:
I do not know whether I sensed physical sturdiness in Scout when she was born in 2003, or whether I was determined to create it. I do know that within a week of her birth, I was doing a thing I called “baby calisthenics,” setting her up on the couch in a seated position and letting her slump down and land on her face. Her mother didn’t exactly encourage it, but seeing that the kid seemed to enjoy it, she allowed it to pass …
… honestly, I think I wanted a live-in sports buddy, and I sensed very early that Scout could be that buddy. I didn’t want to live vicariously through some sports exploits of hers; I wanted somebody to play with, myself!
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Hat tip to Chicago acquaintance Greg Neise, who informs us that this cover letter was written to MGM Studios for a screenwriting job, by Robert Pirosh, in 1934:
