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| Villa Vignamaggio. Photo courtesy of Benedetta. |
In Act 5, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, Benedict says,
"Prince, thou art sad; get thee a wife, get thee a wife."
Shakespeare's phrase, taken from my favorite of all his plays, kept popping into my head while driving away from Aileron on Friday, December 12th after learning about our DISC behaviors and motivators from Barbara Hall of Unlimited Potential Leadership Development Group, LLC coupled with excellent presentation coaching from Peggy Kennedy of Brand Tune-Up.
Each of the VISION participants, certainly myself included, were inspired to search out new personal and career goals. It seems as though many of us are surprised to find out that our workplace behaviors may not be the same as our natural behaviors. It was another eye-opener to learn that contentment is linked to whether our motivators are aligned with our current careers. Imagine with me as Branagh says to each of us,
"Prince, thou art sad; get thee a vision, get thee a vision."
Who could better articulate this phrase than that of Kenneth Branagh who played Benedict in the 1993 movie taped at the sumptuous Tuscan Villa Vignamaggio? Follow this link on You Tube to watch the clip.
I appreciated this enjoyable excursion into Shakespeare, rendered through the vision of Sir Branagh. In this film, the scenery is delicious, the casting exquisite (exception: some "dude" from 'Bill and Ted'), and its tone, while including the the mandatory villainous plot to spoil the fun, is merry and and bursting with life. In the end, love and friendship win out and Michael Keaton is a just a riot as Dogberry.
ReplyDeleteOh, the ideal life, a pastoral utopia, a Shakespearean dream. Our architectural careers can be at times a battle with nihilistic frustration, but we must will that the good, and the purposeful win out... that we will indeed make the world a better place.
Indeed, get the a vision and hold fast to it.
What a great description of Much Ado About Nothing. I am pleased to know that you enjoy the play/movie as much, if not more, than I do.
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