Write It Out

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK about something, write it out.

I recently was asked to deliver the commencement address to a class of master’s graduates at VanderCook College of Music. The president is my old high school band director and in countless senses of the word, my mentor, even though ultimately I strayed from music and ended up in PR.    

He asked me to help the graduates, many of whom have already taught for several years, to remember why “what they do matters.” As a musician and grateful beneficiary of many wonderful music teachers, I thought this would be easy.

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