A Lesson in Life & Basketball

We teach our kids life-lessons, and if we're lucky, they return the favour.

- Paul Diamond

Recently, as I watched my son Nathan play basketball for his high school team, I was starting to feel sorry for myself and for him. His team was facing adversity on the court and he was playing in a hostile environment—it was the opponent’s home gym filled with their supporters, and Nathan’s team was trailing for three-quarters of the game. As for me, I had been dismissed from my job earlier in the day. A career position that I held for 14 years was the victim of corporate restructuring. I had seen this coming and was prepared for it as I had experienced the same thing 14 years earlier, but, just like a punch in the mouth, the blow is never softened because you were expecting it.