I see a number of parallels between playing jazz and creating a new business. Both involve a need to understand "the rules" that historical success imply, the n

I see a number of parallels between playing jazz and creating a new business. Both involve a need to understand "the rules" that historical success imply, the need to collaborate in an improvisational way with co-workers in real time to please customers, and the need to master a complex set of skills to compete with others who are watching and learning from your performance as you start to succeed. Here is a key graf from Wynton Marsalis "The Humble Self" The first level of mastery occurs over self. And the first test of mastery over one's self is humility. True humility. [...] Do you know how you can tell when someone is truly humble? I believe there's one simple test: because they consistently observe and listen, the humble improve. They don't assume "I know the way."