My Book Reflection : The Art of Possibility

The Art of Possibility is a remarkable book to read. This book was written by Benjamin Zander, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and Rosamund Stone Zander, a family therapist. Both teach you how to transform professional and personal life.  

This book shares many short stories that all readers could relate and compare to their daily lives. In addition, the book provides you twelve practices to get an alternative and positive view of situations.  It also attempts to make the readers less stressed during their hardships. Each chapter talks about a different practice. These short stories are the real-life experiences of the authors or people who interacted with them.  

Furthermore, this book provides the reader with a different aspect of life.  This paragraph from the book is one example of the same.

“The man in the story sees only obstacles when he speaks of countless starfish. He warns the young women that her gestures are futile. Too many starfish, not enough time, not enough staff or resources, results too difficult to track… The story as told, however, reveals nothing about the “success” or “failure” of the rescue mission, or what proportion of the starfish survived or perished. It does not describe the past, nor foretell the future. All we hear is that the young woman was smiling and serene, and that she moved in the pattern of the dance. Absent are the familiar measurements of progress. Instead, life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable, amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.”

Most people will think of the failure, but the author shows that in every kind of situation there is always a positive and a negative side, and people tend to look into the negative side, not the positive side. In conclusion, this book was to help the reader to lead a life that should be simple, and I think that this book achieved the objective. I would rate this book a 5/5 because of the creative storytelling and provided me many new interesting perspectives about life. 

Thank you for reading my blog. I would request your feedback to improve my blogs in the future. Please make sure to read the book "The Art of Possibility".

Date: 7/5/2020