In the book The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg, the author dedicates a chapter to corporations and how habits affect their business. In this chapter, Duhigg introduces the concept of keystone habits. These are behaviors so powerful that they can change and affect most or all other areas of your life. These habits are important for businesses and are absolutely transformational for the individual.
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Last Friday we had our new piano delivered to the house. I say new but really it’s just new to us. It’s a Kawai upright from the 1990’s that’s been refurbished and it’s waaaay more piano than my playing warrants. It’s also a much nicer instrument than I thought I’d ever be able to afford. I’ve been a professional musician (saxophone) most of my adult life and while in college and afterwards, I’ve always enjoyed playing through chord changes and the odd part. I never really developed any worthwhile facility though, and now that we finally have a nice quality instrument in the house that’s a joy to play, I plan to make some serious progress.
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