Benjamin Zander, one of the most beloved and most insightful revolutionaries in ANY field. Thank you, sir.
“Life is not about progress it’s about contribution! Everything you should do should be life giving. We live to light people’s lives up! But in order to do that you have to see your own life not as a burden and a struggle…. Life becomes a communication instead of a test. You have to give up being the best, being right… enjoy being the gift that you are. It wants to burst out!”
“You have something in your body that’s says, “I’m not quite there yet and I don’t know that I’ll ever get there.” The keyword is apassionaté. Nervousness is egotism. Shy people are arrogant. They always talk about “I.” The mother who rushes into the fire never thinks about herself and whether she is courageous enough. What gets her into the burning building? Love!”
“Your enemy is your control and comfort. It calls on the extremity of freedom and you keep it at bay. I’m enticing you into this dangerous world. I’m asking you to join that world. The story you tell yourself is “I’m not good enough” “so many other people play better.” That’s what’s keeping you in that box. If those voices come, say, “thank you very much. I’m busy.” The things to be busy with is the liberating of souls.”
“You’re no longer a careful, studious, serious young man. You’re an expressive artist from now on. And everything you do should be artistic. Look at the faces around you—they are so lit up by you, so excited and moved. It’s life-giving when you play that way. When you’re just playing and you’re serious it’s commendable, but commendable is not what we live for. We live to light people’s lives up, to make them joyful to help them see their lives in a different light. But in order to do that you have to see your own life in a different light. Not as a burden. Not as something to push and work and struggle and compete.”
“We are going into a new world. The next 30 years are going to be the most exciting in history!”
Benjamin Zander
SystemOrEcosystem.com
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