Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThe major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
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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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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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How often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child?
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Live the rest of your life in possibility
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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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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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It is the tuning of the universe… It’s as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.
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If you make a mistake, celebrate.
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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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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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We can replace the narratives that hold us back by inventing wiser stories, free from childish fears, and, in doing so, disperse long-held psychological stumbling blocks.
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I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
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Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
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Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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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.
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