Ted conference: Benjamin Zander

Highlights
1. It is a characteristic of a leader that he does not doubt for one moment the capacities of the people that he is leading to realise whatever he is dreaming.
2. He plays a prelude from chopin and dissects the notes to the audience. BCCC ACCC G F G A BCCC ACCC G F# Deceptive cadence E
3. Vision
4. A conductor does not make a sound. He depends on his power of his ability to make other people powerful. His job is to awaken possibility in other people. He know he has done it if he can lit up a person's eyes.
5. Ask this question: "Who am I being if my players' eyes are not shining?"
6. Definition of success is about how many shining eyes you have around you.
7. I will never say anything that couldn't stand as the last thing I ever say. It is a possibility to live into.