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In the next series of posts, I will be covering the development and importance of “habits” from different points of view.

Recently, I finished two projects related to the fundamentals of the fundamental social relationship: parent and child. I make that claim because if you take away this connection we’d be collectively off the planet in a blip of time. It must matter.

I’ve found over the years that the deluge of media and its algorithmic approach to every niche has created an abundance of information without much understanding. Words of advice or expertise that read like technical manuals are efficient for things but not for people. There’s more to it and it’s complex. And studies have consistently shown that trying to explain embodied knowledge barely scratches the surface. Pick any role, and those who are effective see things and do things that they can’t explain.

A writer can’t tell you how to write in “5 easy steps.” Mikaela Shiffrin can’t give you a template on how to win over 80 World Cup ski races. And follow Warren Buffet’s investment advice to the letter and you still may end up sleeping in your car.

And, I suggest, parenting is harder. There are no days off. Ever. The connection remains no matter the distance. What works in one stage may not work in the next. How a child sees the world is forever changing. And so must you. In other words, we evolve together. It couldn’t be any other way for we are always progressing along an arc.

So, instead of a template or a list of steps to follow, what qualities are innate within us that can help with the ever-progressing process? The short (and incomplete) answer would be: the ability to learn; curiosity; and imagination. These are the fundamental qualities which evolve the intuitive genius within us. When we can know what to do because we know who we are.

And it doesn’t start with answers. It all starts with questions…

The 8 Questions Series…