Good morning from New York City. What I want to talk about today is something that popped onto my Instagram screen. You know, we try to wean ourselves from Instagram, but I have to say my Instagram feed does have a lot of things that inspire me. A great one came across the other day. It was the woman, I think her name is Rashma or Reshma Saujani, the founder of Girls Who Code. She’s a relatively young woman – I would think she’s in her 40s, I don’t know, it doesn’t matter – she’s a young, vibrant, accomplished woman. And the first line of her story was, So my coach told me.

That stopped me because I love this idea that the most accomplished people in the world, the best athletes in the world, for example, have a coach. And coaches have coaches. I think this is a really important thing to remember (and by the way this is a note to self).  I don’t have a coach myself but when I saw that, I was reminded of how important it can be to make that investment in ourselves.

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