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    Fit to Fly

    August 25, 2022

    Every day before we fly we (daily) inspect our glider, we’d all agree it’s an important part of our flight.  But what about the pilot? Clearly, it’s the same, however, every day we as humans perform, react and feel different every day we wake up.  Diet, sleep, work, relationships, and a whole range of external factors affect our moods and levels of arousal. If we have a

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