Soothing the soul.
Music plays a huge part in the life of business executive Joan Padgett.
Joan Padgett is used to being the boss. As the owner and operator of two dress shops, Padgett’s daily business decisions affect the fate of her stores and her eight employees. But sometimes it’s nice to let someone else take the lead. She gets that opportunity as a violinist in the Maui Symphony Orchestra.
“When you own a dress shop, you tend to be scattered because you’re doing a lot of different things,” says Padgett. “You’re buying, you’re selling, worrying about personnel. I do enough leading in my business. But playing a violin in an orchestra, you have a specific direction.
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