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Such anecdotes abound. As the president of the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO), Jimmy faces a crowd of more than 100 twice a week. He organizes, coordinates, plans concerts and competitions, and addresses the concerns of individual members. He seems never to lose his ground...
...someone who could easily get up in front of over 100 people and say what was on my mind. Now I do that twice a week, no sweat,” Jimmy says. The communication skills that he developed during his year off have also come in handy at HRO. “Not that I’m imposing Scientology on anyone there, but what I use as my tools for running the orchestra is very much based on what I’ve learned from Scientology...
Jimmy says the most important influence has been on his character. Before school began this year, he went to Baton Rouge to help hurricane victims. He participates in HRO to bring joy to others. He has a normal social life, and his many friends speak of him in almost beatific terms. And he feels happy, clear, and in control...
...self-discovery and enrichment, and no two among us have had exactly the same meal. What we have shared instead is the discovery that you can be anything that you can imagine. That is--you can be anything, but you cannot be everything. Perhaps you can play for HRO and the Water Polo team, be marshal of Phi Beta Kappa and consul of Sigma Chi, as well as love the Garden State. But even the most conscientious overachiever is hard-pressed to do it all at the same exacting level of type-A perfectionism for which we Harvard students...
...HRO is above the caliber of a lot of the community orchestras out there,” he says. “The stress level isn’t as high as it might be…we do it because we love music...