These years of being jacked into the telephone lines, talking with people from around the world, has made me a better thinker, and a better writer. I am at a point now, with my writing, that I have successfully transmitted my feelings and empathy to people whom I will never meet. I have gotten compliments on my writing, which isn't a common occurrence on the Internet. Years of practice communicating on similar forums have given me the ability to motivate people as well. For example, for a period of a month and a half, I went to various piano stores around the New Jersey area to try out the many different makes of grand pianos out there. Every time I came back from a trip, I posted a message to a forum where people interested in pianos and piano playing participate, describing my feelings on the pianos that I played, and included contact information if interested in trying them out themselves. One of my trips was to try out a new, almost legendary piano, the Fandrich piano. The Fandrich piano is a
small upright piano that has been designed to sound and feel like a grand piano. Many people in that group were quite interested in my findings. Because of my review of the Fandrich piano, a man in Texas contacted the Fandrich people, and is buying a Fandrich piano! He is spending $11,000 because of my advice, and he hasn't even played the piano for himself yet. Needless to say, Barb Fandrich, the wife of the designer, was very pleased and called me from Washington State to thank me for my positive review (which the gentleman from Texas faxed to her). Ken's Skills, Mar 23, 1994. Part of the exercises.
