my daughter’s first driving lesson

I never post about my personal life, but I’m making an exception because I’m a proud dad, and because there’s an important lesson here.

First, the proud papa part . . .

In Kansas, you start driving at 14, but you have to take three driving lessons.

Yesterday, my daughter got back from her first, came inside the house, and said,

“dad, the instructor wants to
talk to you”

Uh oh. This can’t be good.

Instead, he shook my hand and said, “Would you like a part-time instructor job? Your daughter was phenomenal.” He told me she could skip to the final lesson (he’s let 7% of his 700+ students do this). And she was the first driver he’d EVER taken on the freeway during their first lesson.

I was elated . . . but I wasn’t surprised.

and here’s the important lesson . . .

I wasn’t surprised because I know what it takes to achieve mastery:

1. Start young

2. Get your reps in

3. Get exposed to variety

and that’s exactly what I did with my daughter . . . since she was 10

I would take her to empty parking lots on a Saturday night a dozen times a year and have her drive around.

No pressure. No traffic. Just safe, consistent practice.

People thought I was crazy.

People thought it was dangerous.

People thought it was unnecessary.

they were wrong

And now, to tie this all to pega6 . . .

When people ask me if our 19-year-old graduates will be ready for the workforce, I say, “Absolutely.” In fact, they’ll be 10x better than the top college students because pega6 grads:

1. Start younger

2. Get their reps in (rather than listening to lectures)

3. Get exposed to variety (a dozen product builds)

and if you don’t believe me, just ask my daughter’s driving instructor