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🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 79 minutes
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The true story of two great teachers, two stuttering students, and two happy endings. Followed by a conversation about the beauty of “what,” the danger of “how,” and the timeless challenge of “trying not to try.”
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0:31.9 | Hey guys, it's Mike Row here with episode number 205 of the way I heard it. It's called |
0:38.9 | a king and a crouch and me on a couch. I just realized that rhymes. A king and a |
0:45.6 | crouch and me on a couch. I didn't set out to go all Dr. Sussan you with the title. |
0:51.0 | Sometimes rhymes are serendipitous. A serendipitous rhyme is always sublime or divine if you prefer. |
1:01.0 | Either way, today's chapter is one of my favorites in the book and when I've looked forward |
1:05.0 | to unpacking for some time now. It tells the true story of Donald Crouch, a gifted school |
1:10.8 | teacher you've probably never heard of, who had a transformational impact on a student |
1:15.4 | that you've absolutely heard of. When I stumbled across the story of Mr. Crouch and his |
1:21.6 | most famous pupil, I couldn't help but recall the impact that Fred King had on me. Fred |
1:28.0 | was the high school music teacher mentioned previously in the book. He's the guy who cured |
1:33.0 | my stutter, introduced me to music, put me on a path really that led to dirty jobs and |
1:40.1 | somebody's got to do it and returning the favor and micro works. And of course this podcast, |
1:44.6 | which continues to surprise me with a large and engaged audience that keeps growing week |
1:49.2 | after week, but that's all beside the point. This chapter is really an homage to teachers |
1:55.6 | and mentors everywhere. As for the couch referenced in the title, well, that's there in |
2:04.4 | much the same way a couch might be found in a psychiatrist office. A place for you to |
2:11.2 | sit while you spill your guts to a licensed professional, which is pretty much how I |
2:15.3 | felt during the conversation that follows the chapter. As many of you know, Chuck Clausmire |
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