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The Art of Possibility The Zanders,

The Zanders, Rosamund (a leadership and relationship therapist) and Benjamin (the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra), wrote The Art of Possibility at the suggestion of the Harvard Business School Press (Zander and Zander 2). The book, written for both a business and lay audience, provides strategies for successfully coping with life's conflicts and changes. But the book is more than a mere how to succeed manual. Rather, the authors seek to teach its readers how to transform their perceptions of their worlds.

The Zanders argue that what we see of the world is pre-programmed by what we believe we will see of the world. They note, for example, Pablo PicassoÆs failure to see a woman in a photograph. He saw only a photograph. They also argue that studies have shown that the left side of our brains generate rationales for instinctive actions performed at the order of the right side of our brains. Thus, they contend that we interpret what we see based entirely on the assumptions and beliefs that we carry around in our heads. Or, as they put it,it's all invented (Zander and Zander 12-15). Consequently, they argue that if we change the assumptions and beliefs that form the basis of these inventions, we can change the reality that we perceive.

The Zanders call this new reality our ôuniverse of inventionö (17). In this universe, we must move away from thought patterns guided by measurement and scarcity-thinking. Measurement thinking compares our own positions in life to those of other around us. Scarcity-thinking believes that our goals are hindered by other who share the same goals. Thus, for example, Jack Plumber might measure himself against the more financially successful Joe Plumber and conclude that he could never achieve JoeÆs success because there just aren't enough customers to go around. But the Zanders contend that the world, the universe, has abundant enough resources for everyone, and comparing ou...

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