Dr. Arnold and Team Building

Hey everyone,

I think from day 1 everyone was a little nervous about starting a program that we are the primary founding members of. Nervous because of an intense workload as well as the fact that none of us knew anyone in the program to begin with. That feeling disappeared by the end of Day two thanks to some great team building and leadership by Dr. Damon Arnold. In the first 10 minutes of our three day conference, Dr. D had us stepping outside of our comfort zone doing activities that made us realize, "hey I look like a fool doing this, but so does everyone else". From that point on we realized that there are going to be times when we can't do this alone. We are going to have to lean on each other and learn to ask for help. By the end of the first week it felt as I had 11 new brothers and sisters, and of course Uncle Arnold. I hope that next years Cohort gets to have the same experience and the chance to grow as people.