The Speed of Trust

I'm at Summit Ridge Hotel right now for an overnight seminar on The Speed of Trust, one of the programs offered by FranklinCovey and a leadership book written by Stephen M. R. Covey. This is a new experience for me as I've never been to anything like this for work before. As the name says, it's all about trust, building it, restoring it and making it work for you on the level of Self, Relationships, Organizations, Market and Society. It's actually a good book too. Yep, I spent a number of nights trying to finish reading the book before the seminar.

So far, there are good things that I noticed and some bad things. I'm really trying to make the most of it. For the first part of the seminar, I "volunteered" for the trust fall activity, and I was picked to be table leader to help facilitate table discussions. So much for the chance to kick back and relax. Well, I actually enjoyed those moments.

Anyway, I am truly grateful for this experience. It's nice to be spending the night in a hotel. It's also nice to have all day long free wifi, flowing coffee, free meals, etc. It's really great meeting so many new people from the seminar.

I guess I just miss my wife and little boy.

Little Boy Goes to School

My son now goes to the big school. What can I say? He's growing up and there's nothing I can do to stop it or slow it down.

Is it right for me to be worried? He still such a little boy. Will he get along with his classmates? Will he have difficulty making new friends? Can he do all those things on his own? What if he gets lost? or gets into a fight?

I can't be there anymore. There was this one time I rushed in when he was being bullied. He'll have to fend for himself now.

This is not like his first school where he just walked to the next block, where there were just five people in his class. Now there are more than twenty in class and they look like they can speak just as good and run just as fast.

All of a sudden, letting go and trusting in someone has a whole new meaning to me again.