{"id":6768,"date":"2011-08-18T23:50:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T06:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=6768"},"modified":"2011-08-18T23:50:28","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T06:50:28","slug":"things-ive-learned-summer-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/18\/things-ive-learned-summer-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"things i’ve learned: summer edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Pragmatism is one of the most difficult traits to acquire, but also one of the most valuable traits to have.<\/li>\n
  2. Shades of gray can defy polarization – if they’re acknowledged.<\/li>\n
  3. Working together requires understanding a point of view other than your own, even if you don’t agree with it.<\/li>\n
  4. Being willing to be wrong leads to understanding and progress.<\/li>\n
  5. No matter the subject, it always boils down to people. They have feelings, deal with it.<\/li>\n
  6. Riding a bicycle is one of the greatest activities available to humankind.<\/li>\n
  7. So is playing great music.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Pragmatism is one of the most difficult traits to acquire, but also one of the most valuable traits to have. Shades of gray can defy polarization – if they’re acknowledged. Working together requires understanding a point of view other than your own, even if you don’t agree with it. Being willing to be wrong leads […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[143],"tags":[2762,2763],"class_list":["post-6768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-list","tag-things-ive-learned"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1La","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5584,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/17\/what-makes-a-good-concertmaster\/","url_meta":{"origin":6768,"position":0},"title":"what makes a good concertmaster","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Dallas Symphony's blog has posted an interview with one of their guest concertmasters, Alex Kerr (formerly concertmaster of the Cincinnati Symphony and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra), and he had this to say about the qualities desired in a concertmaster: The Dallas Symphony is currently searching for a permanent concertmaster.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/alexander_kerr.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22596,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2022\/12\/29\/the-road-not-taken\/","url_meta":{"origin":6768,"position":1},"title":"the road not taken","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while. 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