{"id":1560,"date":"2011-12-17T06:40:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T14:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/strategicmonk.com\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2011-12-17T06:40:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-17T14:40:33","slug":"12-lessons-that-i-learned-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/strategicmonk\/2011\/12\/17\/12-lessons-that-i-learned-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Lessons That I Learned This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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1. That person with a striking haircut, piercings, and tattoos really can help me learn how to us my new iPad, iPhone, and iMac<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. I may be able to survive without caffeinated coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3. There are people who are interested in listening to what I have to share with them.<\/p>\n

4. Being kind is not about the other person.<\/p>\n

5. It is possible to be contemplative on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

6. I learn more when I fall down<\/a> and get up again than when I do not fall down.<\/p>\n

7. There is a good deal of interest in the intersection of leadership, monasticism, and revelry<\/a>.<\/p>\n

8. I am becoming a runner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

9. Julian of Norwich was right: All will be well, all will be well; all manner of things will be well.\u201d<\/p>\n

10. Steve Jobs was right, too: \u201cIt is better to be pirates than to join the navy.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

11. I am becoming a writer.<\/p>\n

12. Yes, I can do this.<\/p>\n

What lessons have you learned this year?<\/p>\n

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