CHAPTER NINE
WHEN IT’S TIME TO LEVEL UP
Week 9
My first memory of riding a bicycle goes back to Christmas Day when I was four years old and standing in front of a shiny red bike. The bike had a wicker basket in the front, rainbow ribbons fluttering from the handlebars, and a cute little rubber ball horn. On the back of the bike were two wonderfully stabilizing training wheels. At the time, I had no idea that those training wheels would one day be removed.
I’ve heard a version of the “take off the training wheels” scenario enough times in my life to know that it’s a relatively universal childhood memory. There’s an adult pushing you and encouraging you to pedal faster. Frightened, you keep looking back for assurance that your trusted guide is ...
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