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In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.
I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.
As leaders, we're giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an expectation to live up to, and then we can reassess them according to performance. Or we can offer grades as a possibility to live into. The second approach is much more powerful.
He had realized that the labels he had been taking so seriously are human inventions
it's all a game. The Number 68 is invented and the A is invented, so we might as well choose to invent something that brightens our life and the lives of the people around us.
Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'
It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.
Would you think of somebody who you adore, who's no longer there? A beloved grandmother, a lover - somebody in your life who you love with all your heart, but that person is no longer with you. Bring that person into your mind, and at the same time follow the line all the way from B to E, and you'll hear everything that Chopin had to say.
When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"
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.
If you make a mistake, celebrate.
Right. So if the eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If the eyes are not shining, you get to ask a question. And this is the question: who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining? We can do that with our children, too. Who am I being, that my children's eyes are not shining? That's a totally different world.
South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist.
The player who looks least engaged may be the most committed member of the group. A cynic, after all, is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again.
Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.
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.
The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.
The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.
Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know youre doing it.
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.
Live the rest of your life in possibility
