I’m so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can’t play great music unless your heart’s been broken.
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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The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
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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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Live the rest of your life in possibility
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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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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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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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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you’re doing it.
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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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Who am I being that my players’ eyes are not shining?
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Everybody loves classical music they just don’t know about it yet.
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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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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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I have a definition of success.
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