Book Titles

The Art of Possibility
Transforming Professional and Personal Life

By Benjamin Zander, Rosamund Zander

Year Published: 2000
ISBN-13: 978-0875847702
Categories: Life, Possibilities, Professionals

51 Quotes Found

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The Art of Possibility:

Life takes on shape and meaning when a person is able to transcend the barriers of personal survival and become a unique conduit for its vital energy.

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The Art of Possibility:

…performance is not about getting your act together, but about opening up to the energy of the audience and of the music, and letting it sing in your unique voice.

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The Art of Possibility:

Persuasion is typically used to get the thing you want, whether or not it is at someone else’s expense.

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The Art of Possibility:

The Life Force for humankind is, perhaps, nothing more or less than the passionate energy to connect, express, and communicate.

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The Art of Possibility:

You do not find compassion simply by listening to people; you open the channel by removing the barriers to tenderness within you.

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The Art of Possibility:

As a species we are exquisitely suited to thrive in an environment of threat where resources are scarce, but not always ready to reap the benefits of harmony, peace, and plenty.

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The Art of Possibility:

This new [type of] leader carries the distinction that it is the framework of fear and scarcity, not scarcity itself, that promotes divisions between people.

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The Art of Possibility:

In the realm of possibility, there is no distinction between ideas and action, mind and body, dream and reality.

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The Art of Possibility:

Leaders who become their vision often seem uncommonly brave to the rest of us. Whether from the middle of the action, or from the sidelines, they are a conduit for carrying the vision forward.

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The Art of Possibility:

A vision is a powerful framework to take the operations of an organization of any size from the downward spiral into the arena of possibility.

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