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Throughout his life, my father taught me many lessons.

First, I learned good work habits from him. When Dad said, “jump,” we asked “how high” on the way up. He did not quibble about details; we worked those out as we got into the job. I benefit regularly from the advantage of quickly completing a task and having guilt free time to chill when I finish.

Some jobs would not include time to chill – if Dad had not taught me the lesson of the goldenrod. The day of the goldenrod lesson, Dad and his twin brother took all the cousins to a huge field infested with goldenrod and t...