Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThrow yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
BENJAMIN ZANDERThe major difference between the ‘best’ and the ‘average’ is that the ‘best’ get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
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 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 ZANDERWho am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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 ZANDERIt’s not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
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 ZANDERWhen you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say “How fascinating!”
BENJAMIN ZANDERImagine Martin Luther King saying, ‘I have a dream … But I don’t know if the others will buy it.’
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 ZANDERI have a definition of success.
BENJAMIN ZANDEREverybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
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.
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