Ljósið (previously known as Let Yourself Feel) from Esteban Diácono on Vimeo.

Can't think of a better video right here. Performance is never about rote, mechanical, process. That's practice. True performance is about letting yourself feel. Tell me what you think - tweet me: @kelleengriffin

 

 

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Paganini, one of the greatest violinists of all time, was about to perform before a sold out opera house.  He walked out on stage to a huge ovation and felt that something was terribly wrong.  Suddenly, he realized that he had someone else's violin in his hands. Horrified, but knowing that he had no other choice, he began.

That day, he gave the performance of his life.  After the concert, Paganini reflected to a fellow musician, "Today, I learned the most important lesson of my career.  Before today, I thought the music was in the violin; today I learned the music is in me."

 

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The Mondragon Model

DateThursday, April 30, 2009 at 06:21PM

Have you heard of it?  How about Dee Hock and Visa?

Funny thing about both of these, they will be recognized as our new economic model within 5 years.  And they've been around for decades.

Dee Hock's ideas about corporate structure have come to symbolize a somewhat eccentric but  successful 'exception' to the for-profit structures we are mired in.  There are very few examples of people following in his footsteps, but there are some.  REI, for one.  A cooperative.  Nav Canada, a trust.  And now, new, on the web, www.dibspace.com.

What could happen if we could preserve the very best of capitalism, and embed it in a new structure that decentralizes power and authority and that takes the ego out of commerce?  What could that look like?

If you'd like to read more about these, shoot me an email.  I'll send you a few articles that I've passed to my executive coaching clients.

 

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