Ego’s Place
I had the privilege of meeting up with my father’s youngest sister Dawn Lawrence, along with her partner John Allan, the other day.
Now John has an operatic background, and at one point, early on in his career, was the understudy for Placido Domingo who became world-renowned as one of ‘The Three Tenors’.
John recounted some advice that he was given by the great singer that rang true to me and it went like this:
Whenever you come to the opera house to do what we love to do – you leave your hat, your coat and your ego with the concierge at the door. When you have performed you pick up your hat, your coat but leave your ego there. It is now up to your audience and the press to tell you how good you were.
No wonder he became such a world famous performer who commanded such love and respect.
And as I have previously written – ‘your trumpet is always only for others to blow.’
