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Networking Lessons at a Young Age
I drove through Tichigan — Tichigan, Wisconsin that is.
That is a city or town just south of Muskego, WI (where I went to high school). Both are western suburbs of Milwaukee.
Tichigan, however, has a population of less than 1,000 people I believe. It’s sandwiched in the middle of Muskego, Waterford, and Wind Lake.
I saw the sign when I was driving through and it reminded me of the Tichigan basketball rec league that I was part of in middle school. Ultimately, that were a bunch of Waterford people that were part of the team there.
Looking back, I tried out for the basketball team my freshman year of high school and I didn’t make it. Kind of reflecting upon that, leading up to 9th grade, I did play in a summer league with other Muskego people.
But honestly, that was the first time that I played with those people. They probably had played with each other for years. By that point in time, I’m sure that the coaches also knew the players and had for years.
