The Art of Possibility by Rosamund and Ben Zander

A friend had started reading The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Lifeand gave the opening pages a dismal review, yet something in his description started a spark so I had to go read it for myself. I just loved it.

They use the idea of "practices" to create the idea of possiblity in your life, to help you go from a viewpoint of a negative spiral to having a set of tools that will help you live a more creative, more passionate framework in which to live, to change your viewpoint rather than your view.

The stories they tell from their own lives are encouraging and uplifting. From volunteer community orchestras to traveling the world with youth orchestras, the ability to step back and reframe things into a new orientation helps them and others see life as filled with possibility rather than limitations.

The practices are deceptively simple, as are many wise things.