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Leadership Moment — 17 Apr 22

“Getting old is a gift.”

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

That’s what DeVito’s character in Jumanji: The Next Level said at the end of the movie. It was Saturday and we were at my Mom’s house for Easter. She’s 86 and doing great but thoughts of mortality are ever present.

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Leadership Moment — 17 Apr 22

“Getting old is a gift.”

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