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Knowing 20 Answers Without Asking 20 Questions
Aug 24, 2017, 6 comments, 31 smiles
[My share at last night's Awakin Circle!]
Any time you're having a bad day and somebody asks you how you're feeling and you say fine -- that's a good litmus test of who is *not* a heart connection. A loved one will assess the situation and say, "No, you're not fine. Tell me what's up."
My two year old and I have a game we play -- 20 questions. I'd ask her questions and she tells me when it's the right question. :) "Are you tired?" She would just shake her head. "You want your food?" "You want to be go to bed?" "You want to go outside?" And finally when I ask her the right question, she'll nod head and giggle and I'll know I've got the right question.
Over time, I learned exactly what her preferred schedule was. And now, we're so deeply connected that we don't even need to talk ... Read Full Story
Lesson From Smile Card Stuffing On Wednesdays
Jun 10, 2014, 5 comments, 16 smiles
For the last six or seven years, I have been anchoring Smile Card stuffing after Awakin Circles in Santa Clara. The process is simple: we get our share of orders from the KindSpring site, we print labels, count 10 exact cards, stuff the envelopes, affix the labels and stamps, and give it out to people for posting. About a dozen folks end up participating in this. When I first started doing it, I put on my work hat and wanted to automate everything. I wrote up a software the automates the label generation, I looked up card counters that they use in casinos, I ordered pre-stamped envelopes that could be easily put through the printers, and I checked out automate stamping machines that the post-office offers.
Experienced volunteers would gently tell me that getting the job done wasn't the only point, but I was singularly driven by efficiency. This was, after all, to ... Read Full Story
