A Million Little Ways - Reading Together

Welcome to the newest Reading Together series. I'll be posting a summary about our reading each week on Tuesdays. Come join us!

We'll be reading A Million Little Ways by Emily Freeman. You can get a copy from your local library, your favorite bookstore, or pick up a copy from Amazon.

We'll read one chapter a week.
I'll post about the first installment on Tuesday, March 12. That means you have two weeks to get a copy of the book and to read the first chapter.

The great thing about this program is that it allows us to read works together that can help us in our professional development as well as providing a level of accountability and the added interest of comparing notes as we read together.

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Mastering the Art of Performance - Reading Together - Performance and Your Spiritual Life

"You will then experience a profound inner peace in the irrefutable knowledge that the performance you gave in living your life to the fullest was your greatest."
(page 204, Kindle edition)

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Mastering the Art of Performance - Reading Together - Performance Careers in Retrospect

"Instead, try to diffuse frustration and impatience, for doing so will almost always hasten getting across the plateau. Try to continue to work at a steady, intense pace, holding firm to the belief that growth is taking place in invisible but necessary ways. By the same token, you must not go so far in accepting a plateau that you become complacent."
(page 186, Kindle edition)

"On the other hand, burnout can be treacherous. It can goad you into making changes without having given enough thought to either the consequences or a realistic consideration of what a new activity entails on a day-to-day basis. Careful consideration is the key. Contemplate change with your eyes wide open and your head cleared of half-formed, romanticized misconceptions. Such consideration may act like a bucket of cold water on the flame of your adventure, but not necessarily so. It might strengthen your resolve to take the plunge."
(page 188, Kindle edition)

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Mastering the Art of Performance - Reading Together - Physical Challenge and Performance

"If your days of public achievement are over, don’t expend energy wallowing in memories of past glory, but rather use this energy to create alternate ways in which you can still contribute. In short, work to accept as quickly as possible what can’t be changed, and get on with what is still possible."
(page 182, Kindle edition)

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Mastering the Art of Performance - Reading Together - The Career Challenge

"As performing musicians we must find a place in society and a way to earn a living, like the generations of musicians before us. There is no known formula with which to do this, but, just as we rely on our creativity in making music, we can use it to broaden our career horizons, develop and involve our audiences, project our role as musicians, market our product, and incorporate appropriate technology around us. We need not be intimidated by this challenge but should regard it as an integral part of the excitement inherent in choosing to live the life of a performer. In so doing, we form a bond with the great men and women of the past who loved music and who loved being a musician to the fullest measure possible."
(page 177, Kindle edition)

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