“I don’t feel I have a concussion problem. I have a problem with people giving me traumatic blows to the head.”
– Dean McAmmond, professional hockey player, after his second concussion in just four games
“Now, ya see? That’s just stupid.”
– Dick Heston
Dad was high school educated. Never attended college. He was no one’s PhD, but he was one of the smartest guys I’ll ever know.
How can I say that? Well, Dad refused to repeat a mistake. He was Captain Common Sense. If not “street smart,” he was certainly “field smart.” (One of his favorite lines was that, as a farmer, he was a “man, out standing in his field”…but I digress…)
One definition of insanity, as we all know, is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Countless times, we’ve all seen it. The people who just know that “this time will be different.” They’re convinced that “this time it will work. Trust us.”
I don’t trust them. I can’t. I won’t. Dad would just be too disappointed in me.
If you’re part of a team that thinks it doesn’t have a concussion problem, just one where people keep giving you traumatic blows to the head, find a way to force some change. You’ll do all of us a huge favor, and Dad would say, “Now, ya see? He (or she) gets it!”
He’d know you were making a difference.
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