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Sunday, July 15, 2012

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

It's believed that E.E. Kenyon first told this joke in 1955:

The absent-minded maestro was racing up New York’s Seventh Avenue to a rehearsal, when a stranger stopped him. “Pardon me,” he said, “can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?”



“Yes,” answered the maestro breathlessly. “Practice!”

Practice.  It's what we do in life.  We chart a course, taking each step deliberately, anticipating that we'll achieve our end goal or envisioned future.  Sometimes there are detours and lessons learned, and sometimes it's a clear, fine journey.  Each step along the way, though, we get the chance to practice new management styles or practice new marketing tactics, or practice a different way of thinking.  Through practice we grow, accomplish and become the people that we're suppose to be.  If a company encourages its employees to practice, grow and become who they're suppose to be with impunity and acceptance, at the end of the day, isn't the business better?

What do you think?

Jean

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