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Join us for lunch Friday, March 10th!
Scarcity Mentality vs Abundance Mentality in Jazz
Wrapping It All Up! Moving the Kansas City jazz scene into a tangible model
12pm-1:15pm at Westport Coffeehouse
Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit—even with those who help in the production. They also have a very hard time being genuinely happy for the successes of other people—even, and sometimes especially, members of their own family or close friends and associates.
Conversely, Abundance Mentality flows out of a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It results in sharing of prestige, of recognition, of profits, of decision making. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity.
This session will include a review of the series theme with an idea toward an objective assessment of the current state of Kansas City’s jazz scene infrastructure toward realizing the goal of living wage opportunities for artists.
Questions for this session to move the community forward positively might include: (1) What does identification of stakeholders within the current Kansas City jazz scene infrastructure look like, specifically in terms of named support organizations, named businesses and venues that present the music, named businesses that support the music and the jazz community in tangible ways, etc. (2) How does this information become useful to the community of musicians and entities? (3) What types of next steps could be considered? (4) Can working coalitions among community members and entities come from the introduction of this series? (5) Can jazz abundance mentality be inculcated socially in KC?
Panelists:
Scarcity Mentality vs Abundance Mentality in Jazz
Wrapping It All Up! Moving the Kansas City jazz scene into a tangible model
12pm-1:15pm at Westport Coffeehouse
Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit—even with those who help in the production. They also have a very hard time being genuinely happy for the successes of other people—even, and sometimes especially, members of their own family or close friends and associates.
Conversely, Abundance Mentality flows out of a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It results in sharing of prestige, of recognition, of profits, of decision making. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity.
This session will include a review of the series theme with an idea toward an objective assessment of the current state of Kansas City’s jazz scene infrastructure toward realizing the goal of living wage opportunities for artists.
Questions for this session to move the community forward positively might include: (1) What does identification of stakeholders within the current Kansas City jazz scene infrastructure look like, specifically in terms of named support organizations, named businesses and venues that present the music, named businesses that support the music and the jazz community in tangible ways, etc. (2) How does this information become useful to the community of musicians and entities? (3) What types of next steps could be considered? (4) Can working coalitions among community members and entities come from the introduction of this series? (5) Can jazz abundance mentality be inculcated socially in KC?
Panelists:
Deanna Witkowski
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