Skiing

"There is knowledge about something, and then there is knowledge that comes from your experiences of that something. It's one thing to stand there in a lab coat with a clipboard recording data about lips. It's another thing to be kissed." attributed to Rob Bell. Lot of connections/relevance to this quote and public administration (and MPA program instruction) and coaching. I like to also think of one of my coaches, Alan Weiss and his quip on skiing. Paraphrasing - “would you want to take skiing lessons from someone who has never skied before?”