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    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.

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    how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.

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    I have a definition of success.

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    I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

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    Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'

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    I make myself a relentless architect of the possibilities of human beings.

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    I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

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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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    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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    It’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.

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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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    Live the rest of your life in possibility

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    Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

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    My job [is] to awaken possibility in other people. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If they're not shining you get to ask this question: "Who am I being that my children's eyes are not shining?

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    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.

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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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    The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

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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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    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.

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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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    When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!

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    Who am I being that my players' eyes are not shining?

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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.

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    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.

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    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.