Author Archives: Justin Locke

When I stepped out of the rather extreme cultural silo of playing in a professional orchestra, and started to interact as a guest speaker with people in the mysterious world of nine to five jobs, one of the first things … Continue reading →

Well it has been quite a year so far. Some fabulously huge promotion came my way in being an “author@google” and being featured in the Boston Globe. But my purpose is higher than mere self aggrandizement, that’s just a means … Continue reading →

Back in the late 1800’s, there was a massive effort to eradicate any non-English cultural threads. Native Americans and immigrant children were placed in “immersion schools,” where they were taught how to speak English and how to function in an … Continue reading →

so i did a little writeup for my high school alumni website https://www.mvcds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=779778&rc=1 In which i briefly tell the tale of forming a choir when I was still a student. As an added bonus for my blog fans, below is … Continue reading →

So on NBC news tonight, they had a little segment with the now former head of the TSA (these are the people who make you take your shoes off at the airport). It was enlightening and vexing to hear what … Continue reading →

This title is a bit misleading so I had better explain myself quickly. I am writing a new book. It’s a study of how poor people handle money. One of the money issues dealt with in the book has to … Continue reading →

I have been busy the past two years.  I mean really busy.  In fact, I have so busy I didn’t  even know how busy I had been.  So today I was redoing my main website homepage and it sort of … Continue reading →

Years ago I was doing a presentation on “Real Men Don’t Rehearse,” my Pops memoir, and someone asked me how I managed to play in the Boston Pops when I was only 20 years old. I said, “Because I was … Continue reading →

When I recently appeared as an author at Google, I spent a lot of time planning the presentation.  Four years after writing “principles of applied stupidity,” I finally figured out what I was trying to do with the book. In … Continue reading →

Whenever people ask me what I do for a living, I tend to say I am a “writer and speaker kind of guy.” However, I think I have to change that, because that isn’t really correct. I am really more … Continue reading →