I’ve grown to appreciate the fact that knowing all the answers is not as important as knowing the right questions to ask.<\/p>\n
I’ll take a tip from the grandboy and use his two powerhouse tools of the trade more often: “what is that?” and “how come?”<\/p>\n
Of course I’ll leave off the word, “grandpa” at the end of the question… unless I’m making a point, that is \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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