It’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
BENJAMIN ZANDERWe 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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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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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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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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If you make a mistake, celebrate.
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When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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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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The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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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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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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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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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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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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