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.. It's the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers, who will ultimately save us, who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams. Only the artists can turn the "Not-Yet" into reality. All right, how do you do it?... See more
George Buckley of 3M grants freedom by building trust with his employees. “A lot of CEOs think the role of the CEO is to be aloof, like a judge in a courtroom,” he told us. “But the role of the CEO is to inspire people, and you cannot inspire people unless you get to know them and them you. Don’t cut corners on that. It takes energy. CEOs are
... See moreRandy Street • Who: The A Method for Hiring
Accessing childlike spirit in our art and our lives is worth aspiring to. It’s simple to do if you haven’t accumulated too many fixed habits and thoughts. If you have, it’s very difficult. Nearly impossible.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being: The Sunday Times bestseller
The Marvin Hamlisch. Who’d been accepted into the Juilliard School Pre-College Division shortly before he turned seven years old. Who’d started his incredible music career as the rehearsal pianist for Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl and written a song for Liza Minnelli’s debut album when he was a teenager. Who’d written the score for A Chorus Line
... See moreKelly Bishop • The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
‘You’ve heard something?’ asked Paul Ziller, the leader of the Ziller Quartet. He had no work permit, his quartet was disbanded, but each day he went to the Jewish Day Centre to practise in an unused cloakroom, and each night he dressed up in a cummerbund to play bogus gypsy music in a Hungarian restaurant in exchange for his food.