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I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.

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.
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Amount Done Life Stories
The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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Jobs Leadership Vision
Everybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
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Classical Music Knows
When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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Air Hands Mistake
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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God Symphony Tiny Tuning Universe
Imagine Martin Luther King saying, ‘I have a dream … But I don’t know if the others will buy it.’
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Dream Imagine King
I have a definition of success.
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Definition Definitions Success
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 Fear Inventing
Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
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Difference Differences Making May
Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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Eye Player Shining
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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Children Eye Jobs
Live the rest of your life in possibility
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Life Possibility Rest
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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Heart Play Sorry
Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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Eye Looks Shining
how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
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Absurd Humans Magnificent
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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Learning Practice Teaching

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