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<h1 class="post-title">A challenge I face in pursuing excellence</h1>
<time datetime="2020-03-24T00:00:00+00:00" class="post-date">24 Mar 2020</time>
<p>A challenge I face in pursuing excellence is… <em>[drum roll]</em>… finding others who pursue excellence.</p>
<p>Okay, maybe that wasnt such a surprising revelation. As the saying goes, “As iron sharpens iron, so one man another”.</p>
<p>For me, it is not satisfactory enough to look to my contemporaries - I have looked centuries back, hoping to appreciate greatness.</p>
<p>Without further ado, I share a list - off the top of my head - of works I look up to:</p>
<p>In Classical Music,</p>
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<li>Beethovens Cello Sonata, Op. 102</li>
<li>Schuberts Winterreise</li>
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<p>In opera,</p>
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<li>Bartóks “Duke Bluebeards Castle”</li>
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<p>In Russian literature,</p>
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<li>Alexander Pushkins novel in verse, “Eugene Onegin”</li>
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<p>In childrens literature,</p>
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<li>Tolkiens “The Hobbit”</li>
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<p>Others:</p>
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<li>a fairly modern film, Wong Kar-Wais “In the mood for love”</li>
<li>A song by The Beatles, “Come together”</li>
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<p>In concluding, I note that if I have a small, puny mind, the world I see is a small, puny world. I wish for a mind that can see greatness in even the smallest thing - eyes that can see beauty and wonder.</p>
<p>For example, can I learn, from a dog, how to be happy, while being held on a leash? Or, from a cat, how to meditate?</p>
<p>I close with a quote from the classic tale, “The little prince”:</p>
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<p>“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”</p>
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<p><em>This post first appeared <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6648108747728216064/">on LinkedIn</a>.</em></p>
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