October 22, 2009PowerPhrase: Let us make up for lost time.

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Almost every time I talk with my Dad these days, he tells me how much he likes my latest book SpeakStrong. He repeats himself – which I don’t mind, of course, by pointing out how it is much deeper than my previous books and how it requires much more of the reader.

I think it was also a repeat when he added,

I wish you had written it 70 years ago. It makes me realize how little I communicated throughout my life. I regret that.

The perfect answer, of course is,

Let’s make up for lost time now.

And we are.

Reading my books has given my father the opportunity to get to know me. And having the emotional intelligence and communication skills is giving us the opportunity to really get to know each other in his final years.