As I sit in my home office working, throughout the day I hear the thumps and dribbles of our son outside at the hoop practicing basketball. I’ve watched his vertical jump double, and his constant attention and practice now means that his left-handed layups are as good as his right-handed ones. Practice. Perseverance. Resilience. All of those qualities that we value in our teams at work are also what has been growing in our kids through this year of uncertainty.
Just before the pandemic hit, Wes was selected to be part of the inaugural class of www.boundlesswa.org. He had never applied for anything, and was proud of himself for writing the essays and completing the interview process. The program has had to transition to keep kids safe, but it has still honed self-awareness and deepened what it means to be a leader. Grateful mom is learning, too.
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