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.
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 ZANDERThrow yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
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 ZANDERThe conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
BENJAMIN ZANDERHow often do we stand convinced of the truth of our early memories, forgetting that they are assessments made by a child?
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.
BENJAMIN ZANDERI make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
BENJAMIN ZANDERIt’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.
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 ZANDERI have a definition of success.
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 ZANDERhow absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
BENJAMIN ZANDERMy 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?”
BENJAMIN ZANDEREverybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
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.
BENJAMIN ZANDERIf you make a mistake, celebrate.
BENJAMIN ZANDER