Chapter 8. Be Ready to Cut
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it.” | ||
| --H. E. Luccock, Christian preacher | ||
Okay, so you’ve got your orchestra and you get them to play. You listen. Something’s wrong somewhere. Yep, that flute player is out of tune, off key, and playing from a different hymn sheet. Now you have three choices:
Put up with it
Change it
End it
Let’s have a little look at these three because, as in all things—from relationships, to life, to work, to being a parent—these three choices are the same every single time.
So, you’re going to put up with it. This makes your entire orchestra sound flat, out of tune, and ill-fitted to do its job properly—that of supplying sweet music to the masses. Your listening public (your ...
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