515am.

“DAAAAAAAAADDDD!!!!!!!!” at the TOP of his little lungs.

Jump out of bed. Run down the hall into the 4 year olds room.

“What’s going on buddy?”

“I want to snuggle with you.”

“I thought your room was on fire.”

“Nope. Just want to snuggle.”

You see, we trained him very early not to get out of bed.

“If you need anything, just call us and we will come.”

We though we were the parents of the decade. Easy breezy.

And it worked brilliantly. Until now.

Now he screams every morning. Very early. For us to come snuggle.

I mean, the snuggles are awesome. Just REALLY EARLY in the morning.

We are realizing that we overtrained him.

He’s glued to the bed in the morning.

Training children, employees and customers is a good idea. Until it’s not.

I think it is a good idea for us to consider where we are overtraining in our businesses, organizations and family.

What are we trying to control with our training? Are we overtraining in those spaces? Does our training keep people from making creative decisions? Does it glue them in place?

Over training happens more quickly than we think it does. And it can be disastrous.

May we week pay attention to how we train, and when to turn people loose to lean into their own creative decision making.

Kevin