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Book Salon
The Art of Possibility

  • This month we're reading The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander. Our faculty host is Brendan Boyle.

    Listen to an interview with our Book Salon host.

    "The Art of Possibility is an optimistic and uplifting book. It's filled with real world stories, examples, and experiments that will help you think about what you're doing differently and hopefully give you a more playful mindset. I successfully used some of the authors' examples in my Stanford d. school course."

    Brendan Boyle, consulting associate professor at the d.school

How to Participate

>> Read the audio transcript with this month's host, Professor Brendan Boyle

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About this quarter's book selection

How do you fulfill your full potential? And how can you build the habits you may need to be successful? The Art of Possibility is an advice book that asks readers to dig deep and view the potential in their own lives.

Psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander and Boston Philharmonic conductor Benjamin Zander ask readers to explore the depths of their creativity. Through a set of practices designed to "initiate a new approach to current conditions, based on uncommon assumptions about the nature of the world”, the authors give an approach to practicing the discipline readers need to improve your professional and personal life.

The Art of Possibility weaves uplifting stories, parables and personal anecdotes to show that the notion of the possibility is inherent in all of our choices. This book will inspire readers to become competent communicators, leaders and performers. 

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