Josh Barclay walked in on a January day, told Kenny he was going to be one of those clichés, and braced for judgment. There wasn’t any. He’d been humbled on a Father’s Day mountain bike ride and decided something had to change.
Seven years later he’s still here. His son, who had so much social anxiety he could barely walk through the door, now comes home from college and jumps into class like he owns the place.
This conversation is one of the most honest in the library — about pacing, saying no without shame, the difference between can and should, and why showing up imperfectly for years is worth more than any single breakthrough moment.
If you’ve ever talked yourself out of starting because the timing wasn’t perfect — this one’s for you.
