The world-renowned opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti recalls...
When I was a boy, my father, a baker, introduced me to the wonders of song. He urged me to work very hard to develop my voice. Arrigo Pola, a professional tenor in my hometown, took me on as a student. I also enrolled in a teacher's college.
As graduation was nearing I asked my father, "Shall I be a teacher or a singer?"
"Luciano," my father replied, "if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose, you can only sit in one chair."
Pavarotti continues... I chose one. It took seven years of study and frustration before I made my first professional appearance. It took another seven years to reach the Metropolitan Opera.
And now I think, whether it's laying bricks, writing a book - whatever we choose - we should give ourselves completely to it. Commitment that's the key. Choose one chair."
~ Luciano Pavarotti
Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
~ Peter F Drucker
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