Patience

“Patience” says the teacher.
“But when?” asks the student.
“When it is time.”
It is easy to conclude that patience is about doing nothing, about waiting, about delay.
That is not patience.
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Advice

I was recently asked for advice on how to improve performance in an area with which I have some familiarity. As I considered the range of ways I might answer, the many things I could say that could be true and might be useful, I was reminded of how easy it is to say [...]