Create some psychological space between you and your project by imagining you're doing it for someone else or … - Daniel H. Pink

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I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't really have a career as a college professor, and yet I did all those things and I did them well. I put out some records in the 1980's and 1990's that changed the way some trumpet players played.

Daniel H. Pink

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