The major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
BENJAMIN ZANDERLive the rest of your life in possibility
More Benjamin Zander Quotes
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I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
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how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
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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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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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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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I have a definition of success.
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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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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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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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The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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If you make a mistake, celebrate.
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Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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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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