Listen and Unlearn
Posted in Arts, General, Metaphor, See What Isn't There, Stories, The Way We See the Problem, Unlearn Strategy
If you had the chance to listen to one of the world's best violinists for free, would you? Probably not if he or she were playing in a subway station. A few years ago Joshua Bell, one of the world's top violinists, played for over three hours in a subway station in Washington, D.C. He collectedly only $32.17.
Why? Because most people weren't listening with their ears, they were listening to their minds and their minds told them that anyone playing in a subway station couldn't possibly be that good. I encourage you to watch the 3-minute video below. Afterwards, you might want to ask yourself, what else aren't you hearing?
