5 Life Lessons I Learned From My Dad, Walter B. Gerken

The good, the bad and the funny.

David Gerken
ILLUMINATION
Published in
7 min readMay 12, 2022

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Walter B. Gerken — Photo from author

My dad was an advice geyser so paring this down to five lessons was no small task. Everything from driving (“Never back up farther than you have to.”) to tennis (“There’s no excuse for double faulting.” More on that later.) to dealing with difficult people (“Never take shit from anybody.”)

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David Gerken
ILLUMINATION

Meditation and Mindfulness teacher. Dad of three precious kids. Former writer for THE WEST WING. Follow me at davidgerken.net.