When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
BENJAMIN ZANDERWhen you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
BENJAMIN ZANDERLive the rest of your life in possibility
BENJAMIN ZANDERI make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
BENJAMIN ZANDEREverybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThe job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
BENJAMIN ZANDERI have a definition of success.
BENJAMIN ZANDERIt 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.
BENJAMIN ZANDERHow often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child?
BENJAMIN ZANDERIf you make a mistake, celebrate.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThe major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
BENJAMIN ZANDERIt’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThis 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.
BENJAMIN ZANDERLife 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 ZANDERI’m so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can’t play great music unless your heart’s been broken.
BENJAMIN ZANDERWho am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
BENJAMIN ZANDERIn 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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