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ITT: Brag about yourself. (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by BlackSnack@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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It’s frowned upon to brag about yourself. But I feel like it’s good to hype yourself up, even if it is a little bit extreme or out of the ordinary! Post in this thread celebrating yourself and letting others know something you’re really good at! I’ll start…

I’m a really good coach. Strength and conditioning primarily but athletics overall. If an athlete comes to me and they have the mindset of improvement it’s a damn near guarantee that I will increase their athleticism and make them stronger, faster, more powerful, etc. I’ve trained young kids to become dominant high school athletes, high school athletes to get full ride scholarships to D1 universities, D1 athletes to get drafted to the NFL, MLB, and NBA, and I even trained a couple of professional athletes as well! All that said in a REALLY good strength and conditioning coach.

What can you brag about?!

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[–] ashenone@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the kind words. I bet working with non-domesticated wildlife is a trip, and sounds like it's also very rewarding

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

You never know what you're going to see! We get in animals I never even knew existed, or at least anywhere around here. We see a lot of bad injuries, some animal abuse, and a lot of death, but we also see a ton of miracles and the real spirit of survival.

Here is one of my polite patients from today (and a bit of its roommate's rump! These two were very cooperative, but it's been a year since I've done opossums, and I usually didn't have to move them to clean them, so when I went to put these guys in the barrel while I cleaned their crate, they kept grabbing the lip of the barrel and I couldn't get them all the way in! 😁 That tail is just as good as a fifth hand for a number of things.

The one I did after this was very jumpy and bitey (they can be somewhat shockingly fast in small bursts) and it tried to pee on me when I finally got it secured.

They've all got their own backstories they can't share with us, so some have a tougher time coping with us. Feeling them calm down or drift off to sleep after we feed them is very satisfying.

It's a bit tough in that they will never love me like a dog or cat, and they all eventually get let go to where I will never know if they have success in life or not, but I get to know I at least got them a second chance. They're all beautiful and amazing creatures that I'd otherwise never get a peek into their lives the way I do by doing this.