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.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThe job of the leader is to speak to the 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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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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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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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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how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
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Live the rest of your life in possibility
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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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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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When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
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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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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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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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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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If you make a mistake, celebrate.
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I have a definition of success.
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