Today, I got my first crack at teaching Lauren. I did notice that my hesitation and tentativeness caused hesitations in Lauren. There were times when I went to say something, but being unsure, I didn’t speak loudly enough or I didn’t finish my sentence completely. Then, Lauren missed what I was saying. So, in those moments, I feel like I compounded her confusion by giving incomplete/weird directions.
You see, I really, really, REALLY hate to be wrong. It’s definitely one of my biggest faults. The natural consequence of hating to be wrong is wanting to do everything right the first time. So, I spend a lot of my time worrying about doing things right.
I think there were times when I got overwhelmed with all the things in the environment that I had a hard time narrowing down what would be important to tell Lauren. So, I either didn’t give her enough information or gave her unnecessary information. That seems to be a real art – giving just enough to be successful. I imagine that’s one of things I’ll get better at as I go along.
I wasn’t really sure when to say something and when to let her try it on her own. Having the feedback from Mickey really helped. I’ve just have no frame of reference. I’m excited to get better. I think it really might just take doing it – teaching Lauren and maybe not doing things the right way in order to figure out the best way that works for both Lauren and me.
Lauren’s amazing on the stairs. I’m so jealous! ;-)
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