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How Music Entrepreneurs Develop and Use Strengths: 5 Steps to Make the Most of Your Strengths

June 15, 2017

I am a huge fan of helping musicians and artists work with their strengths. That’s why I incorporate strengths work into my curriculum at the Yale School of Music as well as in many of my guest lectures at conservatories and arts leadership programs. What we do is discover and then learn how to develop strengths. That’s what we …

Playing to Strengths Part 2: What do I do about my weaknesses?

February 24, 2013

I’m working away at some great pieces on the piano—Shostakovich Piano Trio, Bach Toccata in E Minor, Brahms Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2. Yes, I play challenging repertoire and eventually do it well. And when I put my time and focus on learning and mastering these pieces, the results are wonderful. Yet it takes me a LOT of time to …