Leadership and maturation
Peter Leithart shares some wisdom from Jordan Peterson:
I have learned not to steal my clients’ problems from them. I don’t want to be the redeeming hero or the deus ex machina—not in someone else’s story.
This reminds me of Edwin Friedman:
Increasing one’s pain threshold for others helps them mature. . . .
In any partnership, the more anxious you are to see that something is done, the less motivated your partner will be to take the lead. . . .
The children who work through the natural difficulties of growing up with the least amount of difficulty are those whose parents made them least important to their own salvation.
I gotta have my orange juice. 
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