{"id":728,"date":"2017-05-25T01:49:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T01:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=728"},"modified":"2017-05-26T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:49:00","slug":"prince-master-of-his-craft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/?p=728","title":{"rendered":"Prince. Master of his craft."},"content":{"rendered":"

Have we mastered ours?<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Prince\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em>wearing\u00a0<\/em>the Insights360 colors!<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

An\u00a0actor is only as good as his\/her last performance. I feel the same way as a Moderator\/Researcher. You\u2019re only as good as your last groups and your last report.<\/em> As in most anything, there\u2019s no alternative for practice and a commitment to continuous<\/em> improvement. In his 2008 book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell reminds us that “ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness.” With each project, I strive to master my craft by putting in the hours.\u00a0 And it shows. Clients and colleagues mention it and they refer me, and that’s a great vote of confidence.<\/p>\n

There is no other more obvious example of mastery in my generation than Prince<\/span>.<\/strong> A legend who defied music genre and amassed a remarkable body of uniquely creative work in his lifetime. He elevated music to the spiritual<\/span>.<\/em> This April 21st<\/sup> marked one year since his death. As a native Minnesotan, I was shocked by Prince’s death. I was in the Philadelphia airport when I saw the news displayed on one of the monitors. I instinctively called a fellow music-loving client in Minneapolis to make sure he was aware of the tragedy. \u201cWhat a loss\u2026 what a loss,\u201d I kept saying.<\/p>\n

\"\"Prince’s Memorials: Left – tributes to Prince left\u00a0outside Paisley Park, Right – outside First Avenue<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

To honor Prince’s memory and to create fun and memorable experiences with my clients, I took a group of them to the Prince Museum at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, MN. Together we enjoyed a guided VIP tour and, with some, even a Prince Dance Party, where we danced non-stop to some of Prince\u2019s top hits.<\/p>\n

Next time we do research in Mpls., I’d love to take you to Paisley Park.<\/p>\n

Prince once said \u201cA strong spirit transcends rules.\u201d<\/span> Prince\u2019s musical mastery and unbridled creativity<\/strong> will forever inspire us.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s to all of us who aspire to mastery. May we be inspired by creative spirits to keep reaching in our own fields. Let\u2019s share our passions and be bold in doing so.<\/p>\n

Rock on,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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What\u2019s your Prince memory?<\/p>\n

What are you currently mastering? Share below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have we mastered ours? An\u00a0actor is only as good as his\/her last performance. I feel the same way as a Moderator\/Researcher. You\u2019re only as good as your last groups and your last report. As in most anything, there\u2019s no alternative for practice and a commitment to continuous improvement. In his 2008 book “Outliers,” Malcolm Gladwell […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alicias-notes","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=728"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":758,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728\/revisions\/758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/insights360.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}