[blockquote author=”Toller Cranston” ]To be a genuine individualist requires a great deal of strength and courage. It is never easy to chart new territory, to…
Student Leadership 101
[blockquote author=”Jacob Riis” ]When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without…
The Best Advice: Expose Your Students to Excellence
[blockquote author=”Calvin Coolidge” ]Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within…
Role of Video in Audience Engagement
In a 2013 online video marketing survey report by ReelSEO (now known as Tubular Insights), the following were established. 82% of marketers confirmed that video marketing…
To Discipline or not to Discipline
[blockquote author=”” ]Oversleeping will never make dreams come true.[/blockquote] Certainly we all want to be successful. Success is one of those elusive terms that means different…
A Curriculum for Success
[blockquote author=”” ]If you blame others for your failures, do you credit them with your success?[/blockquote] Our traditional grading system suggests that getting straight A’s is…
Examining Success Factors of Chamber Ensembles
It is widely agreed that chamber music experience is crucial to the development of every musician. Glenn Dicterow (American violinist, former concertmaster of the New…
The Real Key to True Leadership
[blockquote author=”Ralph Waldo Emerson” ]Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can.[/blockquote] How many times have we all…
From Research to Reality
[blockquote author=”Will Rogers” ]Even if you’re on the right track, you won’t get anywhere if you’re standing still. [/blockquote] Personal development is a way of…
A Template for Building Successful Leaders
[blockquote author=”” pull=”normal”]Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.[/blockquote] As we examine today’s most successful leaders, there…