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Teachable moments: Willingness and attitude

Teachable moments: Willingness and attitude

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Teachable moments: Willingness and attitude

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- The third time, Tom, we were loading on a ship called Dockwise, which transports yachts across the Atlantic in various places, and everyone had to be on deck on seven. Well he had been out all night, and I didn't know, and didn't know where he was. I think he drank too much, and he wasn't on deck. And so as I'm loading the ship, he comes onto the ship, he shows up, and I thought okay, well I can't keep Tom. This is like a fireable offense. You have to be on deck. So I decided to take him to breakfast, and I was laughing, and I said, "Oh my gosh, I hope she's worth it. "and I want, let's go to breakfast "because I want to hear the story." And after breakfast, I heard what he went through, and I decided that I was going to give him a chance. And when the boat gets loaded on the ship, it's transported across the ocean for two weeks. So I let Tom ride that ship for two weeks, and he had to paint the entire engine room. And…

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