In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.
BENJAMIN ZANDEREverybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
More Benjamin Zander Quotes
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Imagine Martin Luther King saying, ‘I have a dream … But I don’t know if the others will buy it.’
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Live the rest of your life in possibility
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It’s one of the characteristics of a leader that he not doubt for one moment the capacity of the people he’s leading to realize whatever he’s dreaming. Imagine if Martin Luther King had said, ‘I have a dream. Of course, I’m not sure they’ll be up to it.
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It’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
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Everybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
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The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.
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My job [is] to awaken possibility in other people. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it. If they’re not shining you get to ask this question: “Who am I being that my children’s eyes are not shining?”
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When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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The major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
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This is the moment — this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s not about impressing people. It’s not about getting the next job. It’s about contributing something.
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I’m so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can’t play great music unless your heart’s been broken.
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I have a definition of success.
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I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
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The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
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