good morning everyone it’s a good-looking crowd so are you ready to
good-looking crowd so are you ready to
good-looking crowd so are you ready to be inspired I will do my best so it
be inspired I will do my best so it
be inspired I will do my best so it really is like learning to ride a bike
really is like learning to ride a bike
really is like learning to ride a bike as I stood in the garage and looked at
as I stood in the garage and looked at
as I stood in the garage and looked at the bicycle I thought hmm maybe maybe if
the bicycle I thought hmm maybe maybe if
the bicycle I thought hmm maybe maybe if I just roll it out on the street maybe
I just roll it out on the street maybe
I just roll it out on the street maybe maybe today’s the day as I stood there
maybe today’s the day as I stood there
maybe today’s the day as I stood there and held onto the handlebars like well I
and held onto the handlebars like well I
and held onto the handlebars like well I could just sit on the seat as I sit sat
could just sit on the seat as I sit sat
could just sit on the seat as I sit sat on the bike I noticed there’s a slight
on the bike I noticed there’s a slight
on the bike I noticed there’s a slight incline on the road oh I just turn this
incline on the road oh I just turn this
incline on the road oh I just turn this bike around it’ll basically roll down
bike around it’ll basically roll down
bike around it’ll basically roll down the hill by itself I don’t even have to
the hill by itself I don’t even have to
the hill by itself I don’t even have to put my feet on the pedals I can just
put my feet on the pedals I can just
put my feet on the pedals I can just coast down the hill as I began to coast
coast down the hill as I began to coast
coast down the hill as I began to coast I noticed it was balancing on its own oh
I noticed it was balancing on its own oh
I noticed it was balancing on its own oh maybe I can learn to ride a bike now
maybe I can learn to ride a bike now
maybe I can learn to ride a bike now this story is not an untypical story
this story is not an untypical story
this story is not an untypical story it’s probably a very common shared
it’s probably a very common shared
it’s probably a very common shared experience but for me I was not a child
experience but for me I was not a child
experience but for me I was not a child I was an adult and as an adult learning
I was an adult and as an adult learning
I was an adult and as an adult learning to ride a bike there were some elements
to ride a bike there were some elements
to ride a bike there were some elements that I’d always held onto from a
that I’d always held onto from a
that I’d always held onto from a lifetime of being a non proficient bike
lifetime of being a non proficient bike
lifetime of being a non proficient bike rider or a non-existent bike rider
rider or a non-existent bike rider
rider or a non-existent bike rider rather and so for me there were some
rather and so for me there were some
rather and so for me there were some elements that were missing from me as a
elements that were missing from me as a
elements that were missing from me as a child to thinking about learning to ride
child to thinking about learning to ride
child to thinking about learning to ride a bike as an adult so those for me there
a bike as an adult so those for me there
a bike as an adult so those for me there were four elements I’m going to discuss
were four elements I’m going to discuss
were four elements I’m going to discuss those characteristics of learning to
those characteristics of learning to
those characteristics of learning to ride a bike for me what made the
ride a bike for me what made the
ride a bike for me what made the difference as well as look at the
difference as well as look at the
difference as well as look at the difference from being a child to being
difference from being a child to being
difference from being a child to being an adult and so the four characteristics
an adult and so the four characteristics
an adult and so the four characteristics as you’ll see on the board take a moment
as you’ll see on the board take a moment
as you’ll see on the board take a moment to read them in your own time
they were really looking at the desire
they were really looking at the desire my own desire to learn motivation our
my own desire to learn motivation our
my own desire to learn motivation our willingness to put the time in to get
willingness to put the time in to get
willingness to put the time in to get good at it believe believing it myself
good at it believe believing it myself
good at it believe believing it myself can I really do this and then finally
can I really do this and then finally
can I really do this and then finally social support support do I have the
social support support do I have the
social support support do I have the support system the cheerleaders that are
support system the cheerleaders that are
support system the cheerleaders that are going to help me really master this
going to help me really master this
going to help me really master this skill so these are the four
skill so these are the four
skill so these are the four characteristics that I identified and so
characteristics that I identified and so
characteristics that I identified and so now let’s look at a chart because what
now let’s look at a chart because what
now let’s look at a chart because what do you do when you’re looking at your
do you do when you’re looking at your
do you do when you’re looking at your experiences when you’re reflecting on
experiences when you’re reflecting on
experiences when you’re reflecting on being an adult and what made a
being an adult and what made a
being an adult and what made a difference from childhood of course you
difference from childhood of course you
difference from childhood of course you make a chart so as you’ll see my attempt
make a chart so as you’ll see my attempt
make a chart so as you’ll see my attempt as a child of these four elements
as a child of these four elements
as a child of these four elements ninety-seven percent of this pie a pie
ninety-seven percent of this pie a pie
ninety-seven percent of this pie a pie chart came from social support however I
chart came from social support however I
chart came from social support however I had no personal desire no personal
had no personal desire no personal
had no personal desire no personal motivation and very little belief that I
motivation and very little belief that I
motivation and very little belief that I could be a successful bike rider so this
could be a successful bike rider so this
could be a successful bike rider so this is me as a child the social support came
is me as a child the social support came
is me as a child the social support came in the form of my dad really really
in the form of my dad really really
in the form of my dad really really wanting me and cheering me on trying to
wanting me and cheering me on trying to
wanting me and cheering me on trying to teach me to learn a bike and it just was
teach me to learn a bike and it just was
teach me to learn a bike and it just was not something that I either had the
not something that I either had the
not something that I either had the desire motivation or belief in myself
desire motivation or belief in myself
desire motivation or belief in myself that I could accomplish so when it came
that I could accomplish so when it came
that I could accomplish so when it came down to from childhood to adulthood upon
down to from childhood to adulthood upon
down to from childhood to adulthood upon reflection I reluctance it’d ered what
reflection I reluctance it’d ered what
reflection I reluctance it’d ered what really made the difference and so you’ll
really made the difference and so you’ll
really made the difference and so you’ll see into adulthood these other areas
see into adulthood these other areas
see into adulthood these other areas seem to balance out so when I look at my
seem to balance out so when I look at my
seem to balance out so when I look at my desire to learn some things had changed
desire to learn some things had changed
desire to learn some things had changed I had other people in my life now my
I had other people in my life now my
I had other people in my life now my social support network had had broadened
social support network had had broadened
social support network had had broadened my desire now included some goals many
my desire now included some goals many
my desire now included some goals many people in my life at that time had
people in my life at that time had
people in my life at that time had started riding bikes for fun for
started riding bikes for fun for
started riding bikes for fun for transportation and but also for
transportation and but also for
transportation and but also for competing in triathlons so I have a
competing in triathlons so I have a
competing in triathlons so I have a husband who is an iron man and I also
husband who is an iron man and I also
husband who is an iron man and I also have other people in my life that have
have other people in my life that have
have other people in my life that have started competing in triathlons and
started competing in triathlons and
started competing in triathlons and doing competitive biking of it so oh
doing competitive biking of it so oh
doing competitive biking of it so oh this could be something that I could be
this could be something that I could be
this could be something that I could be interested in too but it was kind of off
interested in too but it was kind of off
interested in too but it was kind of off limits not being able to be a good bike
limits not being able to be a good bike
limits not being able to be a good bike rider another thing was my motivation do
rider another thing was my motivation do
rider another thing was my motivation do I really want to put in the time to
I really want to put in the time to
I really want to put in the time to learn how to ride a bike I mean it’s not
learn how to ride a bike I mean it’s not
learn how to ride a bike I mean it’s not something you can just go out and do
something you can just go out and do
something you can just go out and do especially as an adult right things are
especially as an adult right things are
especially as an adult right things are supposed to be her
supposed to be her
supposed to be her when you’re learning them as an adult
when you’re learning them as an adult
when you’re learning them as an adult and then finally believe do I really
and then finally believe do I really
and then finally believe do I really believe that I can do this is it
believe that I can do this is it
believe that I can do this is it something that I feel like I’m capable
something that I feel like I’m capable
something that I feel like I’m capable of doing and those answers those
of doing and those answers those
of doing and those answers those questions started to change as it became
questions started to change as it became
questions started to change as it became more motivated to learn and achieve this
more motivated to learn and achieve this
more motivated to learn and achieve this goal and then finally my social support
goal and then finally my social support
goal and then finally my social support it was still there my dad still really
it was still there my dad still really
it was still there my dad still really wanted me to learn to ride a bike but
wanted me to learn to ride a bike but
wanted me to learn to ride a bike but additionally I had other people in my
additionally I had other people in my
additionally I had other people in my life that were supporting me in this the
life that were supporting me in this the
life that were supporting me in this the skill attaining the skill set as well so
skill attaining the skill set as well so
skill attaining the skill set as well so it became much more balanced it wasn’t
it became much more balanced it wasn’t
it became much more balanced it wasn’t enough for people to want it for me I
enough for people to want it for me I
enough for people to want it for me I had to want it for myself and there were
had to want it for myself and there were
had to want it for myself and there were some other elements in my life that
some other elements in my life that
some other elements in my life that helped me make that decision and adopt
helped me make that decision and adopt
helped me make that decision and adopt it and begin looking at that attempt so
it and begin looking at that attempt so
it and begin looking at that attempt so really when I was thinking what made the
really when I was thinking what made the
really when I was thinking what made the difference it really made the difference
difference it really made the difference
difference it really made the difference there’s lots of elements but truly made
there’s lots of elements but truly made
there’s lots of elements but truly made the difference with myself I had to
the difference with myself I had to
the difference with myself I had to change what I saw myself being from
change what I saw myself being from
change what I saw myself being from being a non bike rider to being a bike
being a non bike rider to being a bike
being a non bike rider to being a bike rider and being able to do this and
rider and being able to do this and
rider and being able to do this and visualizing it and that is not enough on
visualizing it and that is not enough on
visualizing it and that is not enough on its own but it was enough to get me out
its own but it was enough to get me out
its own but it was enough to get me out on the road and start trying and even
on the road and start trying and even
on the road and start trying and even just coasting down that hill and
just coasting down that hill and
just coasting down that hill and beginning to consider myself in the
beginning to consider myself in the
beginning to consider myself in the aspect of being a proficient cyclist so
aspect of being a proficient cyclist so
aspect of being a proficient cyclist so on my 30th birthday which has been a
on my 30th birthday which has been a
on my 30th birthday which has been a couple years now I completed my first
couple years now I completed my first
couple years now I completed my first triathlon so triathlon many of you know
triathlon so triathlon many of you know
triathlon so triathlon many of you know this is a three-tiered event you run or
this is a three-tiered event you run or
this is a three-tiered event you run or you swim and for this one it was a
you swim and for this one it was a
you swim and for this one it was a spread to swim 300 meters and then you
spread to swim 300 meters and then you
spread to swim 300 meters and then you cycled 10 miles and then you ran 3.1
cycled 10 miles and then you ran 3.1
cycled 10 miles and then you ran 3.1 miles as a full event back-to-back so
miles as a full event back-to-back so
miles as a full event back-to-back so you cannot compete in a triathlon you
you cannot compete in a triathlon you
you cannot compete in a triathlon you just can’t unless you know how to ride a
just can’t unless you know how to ride a
just can’t unless you know how to ride a bike so that was a definite bonus of
bike so that was a definite bonus of
bike so that was a definite bonus of being able to become a proficient
being able to become a proficient
being able to become a proficient cyclist and so I was able to
cyclist and so I was able to
cyclist and so I was able to successfully complete that actually on
successfully complete that actually on
successfully complete that actually on my the very day of my 30th birthday so
my the very day of my 30th birthday so
my the very day of my 30th birthday so that was a big accomplishment for me and
that was a big accomplishment for me and
that was a big accomplishment for me and in doing that so really in considering
in doing that so really in considering
in doing that so really in considering all of these different elements that
all of these different elements that
all of these different elements that made a difference for me in myself they
made a difference for me in myself they
made a difference for me in myself they are very valuable and equally important
are very valuable and equally important
are very valuable and equally important however none of them are accomplishable
however none of them are accomplishable
however none of them are accomplishable without that social support and so
without that social support and so
without that social support and so today I will leave you with a
today I will leave you with a
today I will leave you with a live-action video of my first time
live-action video of my first time
live-action video of my first time learning to ride a bike and I want you
learning to ride a bike and I want you
learning to ride a bike and I want you to consider what is your metaphorical or
to consider what is your metaphorical or
to consider what is your metaphorical or literal bicycle writing experience that
literal bicycle writing experience that
literal bicycle writing experience that you need to master or learn what is
you need to master or learn what is
you need to master or learn what is keeping you from learning to ride your
keeping you from learning to ride your
keeping you from learning to ride your bicycle oh snap you’re so writing but
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