Say you’ve always dreamed of playing in an orchestra – but you’re 55 and don’t play a musical instrument? Well, this is one dream that can come true. If you were to start violin lessons today, you’d be accepted into the New York Late Starters String Orchestra in one year  – with no audition.
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For the past six years, the article Going Under Happily, about a former finance executive who plays his keyboard in the New York City subway, has hung on my refrigerator.
I have moved twice since the article was first published, and it has made it intact through both inter- and intra-state moves.
I reached for the scissors to …

Talent is a topic that is difficult to pin down. The fact is that talent is a fact in retrospect. After you’ve developed it, it becomes obvious that you have it. The problem is that talent itself is a lot like oil. You’re not sure it’s there unless you drill for it. Drilling for oil …