As I’ve mentioned before, no one gets anywhere by themselves. If you are a leader, then anything you’ve managed to […]
Author: KareemPowell
Lessons from Exile #73: Watch for Both Faces
I’ve written a bit about how actions reveal far more than words do. Just because someone sanitizes his speech and […]
Lessons from Exile #72: Get Creative
There’s something to be said about flexing your creative muscles and learning about areas that are in no way your […]
Lessons from Exile #71: The Sabbath
No. It’s not Saturday. It’s not Sunday, either. If you are looking at this on the day it was posted, […]
Lessons from Exile #70: Unplug
This is an interesting one here. Having been a caregiver for the past almost-fourteen years, it is extremely rare that […]
Lessons from Exile #69: They’ll Do It To You, Too.
No one wakes up one day and decides “Ah… Yes… Today is the day I’m going to manipulate, gaslight, and […]
Lessons from Exile #68: Keep Taking Notes
As a leader of musicians, you have likely built up a certain level of proficiency or mastery out of at […]
Lessons from Exile #67: The Music Director
Over the course of my adult life as a musician, I’ve done: musical theatre, smooth jazz, jazz combos, big band […]
Lessons from Exile #66: Protect Your Downtime
I touched on this with “Be Unavailable.” Always being accommodating teaches people – particularly your employer – that your time […]
Lessons from Exile #65: Titles Mean Nothing
Yes, I know. Whether it is “music director”, “worship director”, “worship leader”, yadayadayada… I know what they mean. Also had […]