A conductor raised his baton for the final concert rehearsal to begin. They orchestra played only a few bars when he stopped. “Something is missing,” he said. “I don't hear the piccolo.” Just then, the piccolo player rushed in and apologized for being late. The rehearsal began again.
The conductor nodded and smiled at the piccolo player.
What the piccolo is only one of many instruments and it is tiny: only 14 inches long. How could its absence be noted when the orchestra played? The ear of the conductor could tell.
-Robert Starkel
Everything counts. Everyone matters. Every word spoken is heard.
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