When it comes to making decisions, big or small, my go-to metaphor is a pair of battling dragons. Whether it's over what to eat for dinner, what to work on next, or how to handle the difficult conversation we need to have with a family member, making decisions can be...
To address the general level of anxiety I find most musicians experience, I'm busting out my Big-Ass List of Fears. For real. You know, the gnawing 3 am, 'what am I doing with my life?' kind of fears. The fears that keep us awake at night are almost always...
Last year my business coach Dallas Travers held a retreat in which a group of us did a values exercise. Out of all the other training I did last year, this one intervention had the single biggest impact on me and my work. I'm betting that this powerful values exercise...
Where are you headed? Note: This is part of the path I walk each week to and from my Qigong class. The class and the walk are both good for clearing my mind and helping me focus on becoming the person I intend to be and living the life I desire. For many of us, having...
MONDAY BYTES — December 14, 2015 Holiday Stress anyone? Inevitably, at this time of year we look over the past 12 months and ahead to the next—often with a feeling that we're powerless to make significant change. My holiday gift to you is a game changing exercise...
MONDAY BYTES — May 11, 2015 Preview: on Tues. June 2, I'm presenting a First Tuesday workshop in NYC for Chamber Music America. For a topic, I'm tackling "How to Engineer Your Next Career Breakthrough." If you're free and can come, it would be great to have you there!...
MONDAY BYTES – April 28, 2014 This past week I saw the Quilts and Color exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and it's a knockout. There's nothing like being stunned by color and pattern: each quilt has its own outrageous sensibility. For the viewer, it's...
MONDAY BYTES – January 27, 2014 I recently had to move everything off of my computer desktop for a system update. It was a chore and I thought it would slow me down from immediately finding "urgent" files.But I didn't realize what the upside would be. The difference...
MONDAY BYTES – August 26, 2013 Courage for musicians In speaking with young musicians about career decision making, there's often a sense that they believe there's a "right" and a "wrong" decision. Whether it's which school to attend, teacher to work with, audition...
MONDAY BYTES – August 19, 2013 Decision making: what's your M.O.? When decisions are about investing in ourselves, many of us are overly cautious, waiting for "permission" or approval from our friends, family, and colleagues. It may feel selfish or "wrong" to invest...
