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Category: Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #72: Get Creative
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #72: Get Creative

Posted on November 24, 2020November 22, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #71: The Sabbath

Posted on November 23, 2020November 22, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #70: Unplug

Posted on November 22, 2020November 18, 2020 by KareemPowell

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.
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #69: They’ll Do It To You, Too.

Posted on November 21, 2020November 18, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #68: Keep Taking Notes

Posted on November 20, 2020November 18, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #67: The Music Director

Posted on November 19, 2020November 18, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #66: Protect Your Downtime

Posted on November 18, 2020November 15, 2020 by KareemPowell

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
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #65: Titles Mean Nothing

Posted on November 17, 2020November 15, 2020 by KareemPowell

Yes, I know. Whether it is “music director”, “worship director”, “worship leader”, yadayadayada… I know what they mean. Also had […]

Lessons from Exile #64: Don’t Be An Actor
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #64: Don’t Be An Actor

Posted on November 16, 2020November 15, 2020 by KareemPowell

There’s a tendency when you are in a position that deals with people to put on this image to make […]

Lessons from Exile #63: Support Others
Lessons From Exile

Lessons from Exile #63: Support Others

Posted on November 15, 2020November 14, 2020 by KareemPowell

As I’ve mentioned in an earlier installment, no one achieves success completely on their own. Somewhere down the line, someone […]

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