A WorkLife Lesson: Tobias’s Story: True or False: Debunking a Myth
Tobias wanted to establish himself as an Independent Concert Pianist. Having studied under a piano teacher since a young boy, he went on to complete his bachelor’s degree, followed by his master’s degree in music.
He was new to the concert pianist circuit and didn’t (yet, anyway) have an agent to book him work. Could he do this for himself? That was the WorkLife journey Tobias was about to embark on to discover if he had what it takes first to plan to work independently and then perform.
Tobias was confident that he had what it takes to perform well. He was less confident about the planning or the business side of establishing himself as an independent concert pianist. So many people had said to him - you’re a right-brain thinker and doer, you’re creative and artistic, but to establish yourself in business, which is what working independently demands, you need to be a left-brain thinker and doer, you need to be analytical and methodical. You can’t be both. Was that true? That was the WorkLife journey Tobias was about to embark on to discover if he had what it takes to be both a right brain and a left-brain thinker and doer to establish himself as an Independent Concert Pianist - a business of one.
In this lesson, you will learn the Four Steps, Tobias took to first consider if he had what was required to be a Right Brain and Left Brain Thinker and Doer, and then to test this out by taking a practical approach to his theoretical considerations by putting them to the test.
You will learn the pragmatic approach to considering the steps he needed to take to follow a short and long term plan to achieve what he wanted and needed in his WorkLife.
In this lesson’s WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will apply the Four Steps to your situation.
In this lesson’s Continuous WorkLife Learning Assignment, you will learn to question things that you feel are limiting to you.