94. Let People Find It

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads and the boss drives.

—Theodore Roosevelt

Scott again recalls coach and teacher Rodney Mercado and his master key to getting remarkable performances out of the people he taught and motivated:

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If you heard any two students of Mercado’s play side by side, you would absolutely swear that they did not have the same teacher. You would say it was physically impossible because their playing styles were so radically different. Most people who take music lessons are aware that listeners can identify who a student’s ...

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