Check out this video from arguably one of the most contagiously positive people of our time – Ben Zander. Since 1979, Ben has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership.
In this clip Ben describes two worlds you can live in: the world of the downward spiral or the world of possibility. What does this mean, you may ask? Ben describes these worlds with rich color and fun stories, for example: the story of two sales men that were sent to Africa in the 1900s to explore the market for shoes – each wrote a telegram back:
- Salesman 1 wrote back: “Situation hopeless, they don’t wear shoes”
- Salesman 2 wrote back: “Glorious opportunity here – they don’t have any shoes yet”
Ben reminds us that we get to choose, at every moment of every day, which world we want to live in – what world do you want to live in?
