Parents Lead

"learn from the experts." This is the standard advice for getting better at most anything. Identify the best in class (The BIC) for whatever you are doing or want to do, and then follow his or her lead. But how do you do that, given that neither you nor I is likely to have personal access to The BIC for anything we decide to pursue, hope to get better at? That one is pretty easy. We read his or her book, since The BIC in nearly any area most always has written a book, and usually more than one. We also will likely have little trouble finding an article, blog, podcast, YouTube video or an interview featuring The BIC. Whatever the media, the keys to his or her success are close at hand, with only a little digging on our part. But maybe not…. If checking in with The BIC and following his or her lead works for you or even seems like it might work for you, go for it. My experience assures me that it can't hurt anything. That experience also assures me that reading the books and listening to the interviews are