Unul dintre elevii mei trecuti de varsta de 30 ani, a postat pe blogul companiei unde lucreaza, un scurt articol in care face o analogie intre cantatul la tobe si cum sa conduci un business.
Andrei Romanescu este manager, lucreaza intr-o multinationala, are 33 ani, este casatorit si are un copil.Am sa redau mai jos ce a scris:
"It all started 9 months ago. And, no, it’s not about a baby :)).
I have always dreamt of playing drums and I thought it would be good if I gave my wife some hints about what I wanted as a birthday present :). And there you go…My birthday present last year was a 5-lesson package with a private teacher. You can imagine how excited I was.
And what it started as a short-term thing (5 lessons only), is still going on today and I am proud of having recorded two tracks already.
One of the most interesting things I have noticed over the last 9 months is that there are a lot of similarities between playing drums and the day to day activities at work. I am pretty sure most of us do not see a connection between the two at the first glance, hence I thought I would share some of my learnings:
• Playing drums is not about force and power. Originally I thought I would need some strong biceps to hit the drums hard but I was proven wrong. Similar environment at work: we don’t use force and power to make things happen.
• Coordination is key. You need to coordinate your left arm with your right one, left leg with the right one and so on. And you must be able to coordinate your arms and legs in multiple ways. Same thing at work: without coordination between the team members or between the project teams and the client, chaos is most likely to happen.
• Then coordination without rhythm is like the bread without the butter. When you play, it must make sense. Otherwise, what you do is just to produce only sounds and no music. Similar to what we see at work: if your processes are not flawless and are full of non value-add steps then the outcome is not the expected one. Individual steps in a process might be good but the process overall (end-to-end) is broken.
• When playing drums, you should follow the guitar, not the singer. Similar to what happens at the workplace: it is not the loudest voice that wins but rather the one that drives the action and keeps the rhythm alive.
• Last but not least, playing drums is something I like and enjoy. I must admit I wanted to give up a few times because I did not have time. But then I looked back and reminded myself why I started playing drums in the first place. It was all about the fact that I like strong beats - similarly to how I like strong people and teams. I think it was a very good approach I took - to look back and reignite the positive spirit - as that kept me motivated to go on with the lessons. I realized that playing drums helps me enjoy life, get over the stress and pressure at work and it is fulfilling as well.
Same experience at work: we all deal with difficult situations and we might want to give up from time to time. But self motivation plays a key role as we should not wait for other people around to motivate us. It is us that know our hot buttons better and we can push them quicker than anyone else. We must do that if we want to succeed - reigniting the passion and understanding our role and contribution in the big picture is really important for our self motivation. If we did all of the above, I am pretty sure we would go over the difficult times much easier.
In the end, aren’t we all drummers at work?
Till next time, keep the beat up! Your fellow drummer, Andrei"
I have always dreamt of playing drums and I thought it would be good if I gave my wife some hints about what I wanted as a birthday present :). And there you go…My birthday present last year was a 5-lesson package with a private teacher. You can imagine how excited I was.
And what it started as a short-term thing (5 lessons only), is still going on today and I am proud of having recorded two tracks already.
One of the most interesting things I have noticed over the last 9 months is that there are a lot of similarities between playing drums and the day to day activities at work. I am pretty sure most of us do not see a connection between the two at the first glance, hence I thought I would share some of my learnings:
• Playing drums is not about force and power. Originally I thought I would need some strong biceps to hit the drums hard but I was proven wrong. Similar environment at work: we don’t use force and power to make things happen.
• Coordination is key. You need to coordinate your left arm with your right one, left leg with the right one and so on. And you must be able to coordinate your arms and legs in multiple ways. Same thing at work: without coordination between the team members or between the project teams and the client, chaos is most likely to happen.
• Then coordination without rhythm is like the bread without the butter. When you play, it must make sense. Otherwise, what you do is just to produce only sounds and no music. Similar to what we see at work: if your processes are not flawless and are full of non value-add steps then the outcome is not the expected one. Individual steps in a process might be good but the process overall (end-to-end) is broken.
• When playing drums, you should follow the guitar, not the singer. Similar to what happens at the workplace: it is not the loudest voice that wins but rather the one that drives the action and keeps the rhythm alive.
• Last but not least, playing drums is something I like and enjoy. I must admit I wanted to give up a few times because I did not have time. But then I looked back and reminded myself why I started playing drums in the first place. It was all about the fact that I like strong beats - similarly to how I like strong people and teams. I think it was a very good approach I took - to look back and reignite the positive spirit - as that kept me motivated to go on with the lessons. I realized that playing drums helps me enjoy life, get over the stress and pressure at work and it is fulfilling as well.
Same experience at work: we all deal with difficult situations and we might want to give up from time to time. But self motivation plays a key role as we should not wait for other people around to motivate us. It is us that know our hot buttons better and we can push them quicker than anyone else. We must do that if we want to succeed - reigniting the passion and understanding our role and contribution in the big picture is really important for our self motivation. If we did all of the above, I am pretty sure we would go over the difficult times much easier.
In the end, aren’t we all drummers at work?
Till next time, keep the beat up! Your fellow drummer, Andrei"
