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 ZANDERLive the rest of your life in possibility
More Benjamin Zander Quotes
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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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Imagine Martin Luther King saying, ‘I have a dream … But I don’t know if the others will buy it.’
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When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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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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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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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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how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
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Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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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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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 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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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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