If my postings have any sort of down-to-earth enjoyable reading style, it is due in large part to the influence of Ben Sherman, a local author, management and leadership trainer, speaker and self-described raconteur.
Back in the nineties I had the good fortune to attend his seminars on leadership. The attendees all received a copy of his first book, Restore Breathing, A Collection of Tales. And over the intervening 20 years, I’ve read and reread the stories so many times I know them by heart. Thought provoking allegories that can be applied to the reader’s own experiences, I recommend the book highly.
Here, in condensed form, is his story “That Isn’t Your Dog”. The scene is a park bench:
“…A small boy walked by with a massive dog on a leash. The old man bent to offer the dog a hand and was obliged with a slobbery tongue. Professor Delp asked t
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