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Play it Again. And Again. And Again.

By Clemens Rettich, on November 8th, 2011

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Ideas are easy. Consistency is hard.

I think that one of the reasons I return to that epigram so often is because of my music training. The business world has much to learn from the musical world.

In music we keep going back to the fundamentals over and over again. You keep practicing all the time. Inspiration and creativity matter, but if you are a professional, it is your chops that really matter. No one expects to get it right the first time. You make mistakes, but you keep practicing until you don’t make mistakes any more. Yes originality . . . → Read More: Play it Again. And Again. And Again.

Not-so-secret Agency

By Clemens Rettich, on November 2nd, 2010

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Leading others, whether it is to work with you, work for you, to buy your products, or buy into your ideas, requires you to bring certain qualities to the table.

One key quality is agency. Agency is the degree to which you are in control, the degree to which you are a creator of the reality around you. Agentic qualities are those that increase your control of your environment.

A research article (What Is Important on the Job? Differences Across Gender, Perspective, and Job Level) by Mark Frame and his team, in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology looked . . . → Read More: Not-so-secret Agency