I read several posts last week about not phoning it in during that week between Christmas and New Year’s. Like this one from Chris Brogan, this one from Jen Fong and this one from Christopher S. Penn.
That was completely my plan, too. I freakin’ love being at the office during the week. Mostly because no one else is there. It’s a great week for finalizing plans, catching up, cleaning up and thinking. And all that with no meetings and few interruptions.
But it didn’t happen that way.
Instead, my wife got sick. Which meant I had to pinch-hit in taking care of our two-year-old hellion. It amounted in a day in the office on Monday, home Tuesday and Wednesday, back in the office on Thursday, and then off on Friday through Saturday.
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The topic was concussions in high schoolers and how the teen and pre-teen brains actually don’t recuperate as well as an adult’s brain after a concussion. The real issue was with rushing high schoolers back onto the field or into normal life after they have a concussion, ignoring significant data that a lack of recovery can have serious ramifications on youngsters. One dad had actually written in and said that his football-playing high schooler complained most about not being able to focus for any extended period of time after his concussion.
Best line I’ve read all week: Getting your ducks in a row is not nearly as powerful as actually doing something with your duck. - Seth Godin Post Footer automatically generated by Add Post Footer Plugin for wordpress.
