Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it … - Seth Godin

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I've learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are move forward.

Seth Godin

Canoeing was hard and scary, and the wind could blow you across the lake if you did it wrong. After a year of not doing it right, I could talk to people and get them to sit up straight, take different kinds of chances, to breathe differently, to engage in the moment in the boat. And I changed them, and I changed me in the process.

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