Repitition is Key

Its easy to forget that learning is done through repitition. I've been surprised by how scared I am to drive on the other side of the road. And of course, the more I dive in and do it, the more comfortable I get. I notice smaller and smaller details each time I drive and it gets easier to predict what might happen. Comparing this to work, I suppose I need to do a better job of helping people practice and repeat the km I'm trying to embed in orgs. 

London really has endless opportunities. I think it's usually pretty difficult to overwhelm me, but I'm definitely overwhelmed right now. There are so many things to do, you can even get overwhelmed by the number of discount cards and membership groups that are supposed to make it easy! Yesterday I heard about  "English heritage" and "national trust", which are discount packages for getting into many many churches/parks/castles/ etc. I think I might go w National Trust. 

Had a great lunch with a group of employees today. One poor chap had his garage broken into. In good British humuor he explained how they only took power tools and one black sleeve from his garage. The black sleeve had his sons kite in it. He thinks the "robber community" won't stop teasing that robber about how he stole a kite and it'll probably become his nickname - kite kid.

 The next story started really unfortunate, saying their neighbors dog died while that neighbor was on vacation. So they called them and said sorry your dog died, what can I do. The family asked to have it cremated but the person didn't have a car, so they put the dog in a suitcase and took it on the tube. A man on the tube could tell she was struggling w the heavy suitcase so he offered to help. After he realized how heavy it was he said "what's in the heavy suitcase". It was too embarrassing to admit, so she said "electronics". The man turned and ran away with the suitcase! Wow. Imagine how he'll feel when he looks inside.

English words of the day, the letter h is pronounced 'heych'. Z is zed. Diary = calendar. "Smart" is a very common word, it means something similar to "nice" and "kind" or even "professional", or of course it's also used sarcastically. Highway=motorway. I need to google this one, but apparently "a and e" or something like that is the hospital or ER. My fav English word is still garage, pronounced something like gare ihhj. "Cheers mate" is one I like a lot too. Hearing "please mind the gap" will never get old on the train too.

I enjoyed a great night at a Comedy club tonight. Too good to even remember the jokes. Great way to learn local culture.

Apparently you stand outside the bar when you drink in downtown London. I thought maybe it was too crowded inside  or the lines were long, but no, you just stand outside in groups.

This really is a city where the stars have aligned and it's almost magical. Cheers!