I felt energy surge through me as I read this article. Here are many of the ingredients of living a creative life. Doing what you love, being creative, helping others, feeling respected and financial prosperity.
John Barr says, “A career in business that now includes about 32 years on Wall Street has always been a source of joy to me. Unlike my father, who worked for a railroad, I love my work and was really delighted to find a career that involved people I respected and clients I could serve. The other river has been poetry and I really couldn't imagine my life without that.”
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Here are some more key quotes from the article.
"That sense of art expanding to the limits of the human experience makes for a better decision-maker in the business world."
"My life in poetry has kept me alert to that. In serving clients, I have done a better job because I have appreciated that there is more in the room than just a voice on the telephone."
"I think businessmen seek as much return for as little risk as possible... Artists, to the contrary, have to embrace risk to succeed. I think they instinctively realize that if you don't look for risk and seek it out in the way you write your poetry and in what you are exploring you're probably not going to produce anything of interest for the future and for your readers."
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