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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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.

Benjamin Zander

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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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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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I have a definition of success.
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Definition Definitions
The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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Jobs
Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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Eye Shining
how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
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Absurd Humans Magnificent
Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
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Differences Making May
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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Block Childish Disperse Inventing
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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Symphony Tiny Tuning
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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Jobs
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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Eye Jobs
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.

BENJAMIN ZANDER

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.
BENJAMIN ZANDER

Stories
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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I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
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Architect Possibility Relentless
Live the rest of your life in possibility

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Live the rest of your life in possibility
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Possibility Rest

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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