Recently, Susan Winston wrote in the New York Times, “The movers and shakers of yesterday are needed to pave the way today. They just have to learn to take a different road.” Susan is a former television producer, now a licensed mental health counselor. In the NYT, she is discussing artists in the Hollywood community but I think her words have a more far-reaching meaning and depth. I believe it was Albert Einstein who said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing the same way and expecting a different outcome.” In other words, take a different road to get to the destination, the goal you’ve set. I agree with Susan that our heroes of yesterday are important and help us lay the foundation for taking this different road but it is up to each of us, no matter what our profession or business, to choose to take that different road….not usually a simple, quick or easy task, but one that in the current US climate, maybe any climate, is mandatory if we are to succeed.
Artists are out of work, too
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