| Dear John,
When I was a about eight years old, I went on
a trip with Dad. We were staying at a nice hotel
and were enjoying a nice meal at the hotel
buffet.
I brought back some round pineapple slices to
the table. This was the first time I had ever
seen pineapple prepared this way. At home,
Mom always cut it into chuncks.
I asked Dad if he wanted some of my
pineapple and he said yes. I started cutting
him chunks from around the edges and I put
them on an extra plate, leaving the remaining
round middle for me.
As I handed him the plate with the Chunks, he
asked me if I wanted some as well and I told
him I would just eat the middle on my plate.
He smiled a wry smile and started eating his
chunks.
Then the fun began – for him, at least!
First I tried to cut the round middle – the core.
That didn’t really work so well. In fact, when
I stuck my fork into it my fork really didn’t go
in.
So I did what any eight-year-old would do. I
picked up the pineapple core and put it in my
mouth. Guess what? That didn’t work, either!
Quickly I figured out the core is not meant
for eating.
Dad was smiling and laughing as I was spitting
out pineapple core and getting the sticky off
my hands. He gave me back some of the
pineapple I had given him, and we enjoyed the
rest of our breakfast.
Why do I remember this so well? Because I
loved how Dad would watch me figure out
the little things on my own when I knew he
was watching, so that when he told me how
I should handle the big things I would be
more likely to take his advice.
This is great parenting!
Do you have a “pineapple” problem in your
own life or business that is getting sticky all
over you?
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You are Born To Win, so go ahead and
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Tom
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