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The Poorly Planned Trajectory of a Slow but Impulsive Apprentice

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First, a confession. I have never been a particularly good long-term planner. I’m more apt to follow my nose, focusing on little more than the ground most directly in front of me, impulsively following some curiosity that has sparked my interest, like a hound in the woods sniffing out a fox.

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Vansledright, B. (2014). The Poorly Planned Trajectory of a Slow but Impulsive Apprentice. In: Woyshner, C. (eds) Leaders in Social Education. Leaders in Educational Studies. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-665-3_18

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