The Squirrel Who Taught Magic: My HRDC Train-the-Trainer Experience

MISA TTT, Class of May 4-8th 2006

I have spent my entire life hoarding random knowledge the way a squirrel hoards acorns for a Game of Thrones winter. 

This sounds more deliberately methodical than it is. The truth is the habit formed when I was a bored kid with nothing better to do than thumb through every page of my Junior Britannica Encyclopaedia. Not because of some noble aspiration to be a top student but because there were only two TV channels growing up.

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MKK

I’m probably what you’d call a very extroverted introvert.

I can flip the social switch when needed. I’ve been known to lead conversations, crack a few jokes and even (genuinely) enjoy myself in group settings full of strangers. But it’s a strange contradiction– while I do love meeting people and hearing their stories… I overload very quickly. After too much time “peopling”, I start to feel like a phone on 2% battery, frantically needing a charger and a quiet corner (preferably my man-cave).

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