What to Do When You’re Falling Behind
When I was a kid, it took me longer than I would have liked to learn how to ride a bike. I kept using a bike with training wheels and I didn’t practice much, so of course I didn’t learn how to balance.
One day I observed that my sister (younger than me by two and a half years) was getting close to figuring out how to ride a bike. She wasn’t quite there yet, but she was clearly much closer to balancing than I was. I couldn’t let her beat me to it!
So I grabbed my bike, pushed it out to the street and decided that I was going to learn how to ride it then and there. I hopped on — sans training wheels — and swerved all over the place like an out-of-control maniac. When I could muster some degree of control, I tried to stay near the grass so when I fell, I’d hopefully crash onto the lawn instead of the street or sidewalk.
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Vicki Lister is the Secretarial, Catering and Reception Services Manager for Reed Smith, a global law firm based in London.
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