{"id":2009,"date":"2014-07-06T16:42:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T20:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2014-07-06T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T20:46:36","slug":"three-minute-leadership-lessons-from-the-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/StillmanLeaders\/2014\/07\/three-minute-leadership-lessons-from-the-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Minute Leadership: Lessons from the Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"
To:\u00a0 The Great Leaders Who Have a Passion for Continuous Learning<\/span><\/div>\n
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Warren Bennis and Bert Nanus wrote: \u201cIt is the capacity to develop and improve their skills that distinguishes leaders from followers.\u201d The capacity, however, must be exercised to be of value as illustrated by Charles Swindoll, pastor, author and educator, in his book,\u00a0Day by Day<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cA piano sits in a room, gathering dust. It is full of the music of the masters, but in order for such strains to flow from it, fingers must strike the keys \u2026 trained fingers, representing endless hours of disciplined dedication. You do not have to practice. The piano neither requires it nor demands it. If, however, you want to draw a beautiful music from the piano, that discipline is required\u2026.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cYou do not have to pay the price to grow and expand intellectually. The mind neither requires it nor demands it. If, however, you want to experience the joy of discovery and the pleasure of plowing new and fertile soil, effort is required. Light won\u2019t automatically shine upon you nor will truth silently seep into your head by means of rocking-chair osmosis. It\u2019s up to you. It\u2019s your move. \u201c<\/span><\/div>\n
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Great leaders are humbled by their limitation of not knowing what they don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Yet their passion and purpose is the fire that kindles and sustains their search to explore, find and learn new ideas, perspectives and dreams that will transform their lives and those whom they serve. In their life-long quest for learning they are cautioned by the words of Alvin Toffler, American writer and futurist:\u00a0 \u201cThe illiterate of the future are not those who cannot read or write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.\u201d\u00a0 May your life be filled with a magnificent passion for continuous learning.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Have a beautiful day and a magnificent week!!!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Mike<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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