Further reflections about talent

One of the Sales staff is a young woman with some experience singing with a musical group.  I encouraged her to share a CD with me they made several years ago and I found she had an excellent voice.  As I said in my last blog, I always encourage people to sing as they are so moved.  Some people have a natural tendency to silence others who feel like singing, discouraging them on the grounds that they are not “professionals” and that their skills are not up to such a standard.  Nonsense, I say, “A lot of professional singers should stop and listen for awhile.  They might hear something very creative and genuine.”  Discouraging others doesn’t add anything to real creativity.  Encouraging people to express themselves adds more to the general tone of creativity in a culture, not less.

I understand this person went with to a kareoke bar the other night with several of the other sales staff, and they all came in the next day with newfound comraderie, and the young woman I mention was just glowing.  I don’t know if my occasional encouragement might have helped, but I like to think it could.  No one lost, and everyone gained from the experience.

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