During the last 11 months I have read a lot of books, emails, journals, webpages, and magazines. Many of them have provided great information for a specific assignment, for my Master's degree, and for the future of my classrooms. Then our assignment was to read Rosamund and Benjamin Zander's book The Art of Possibility.
I have been challenged personally as I read this book. It has been very easy for me to limit my potential or allow my attitude to be shaped by my own perspective of my capabilities. In the first chapter, It's all Invented, I found myself relating, more than I would like to admit, that I fit the stereotype of the 9-dot puzzle. I like to fit myself into a box. It is not that I want to be stuck in the box, I have large visions for myself. Rather, usually I do not see how to make the dreams become a reality and just stay put instead of taking chances.
I especially liked the third chapter, Giving an A, because it opens up the world from the box. Instead of being stuck in the box of what I view is possible, it tells me I have already done what I have dreamed of and now I must figure out how I did it. It reminds me of The Matrix. In the movie Neo meets with the Oracle to find out more about himself and what his purpose is. She tells him a lot about the future but only reveals the things he already knows about himself. She tells him he has already made the decision, now his purpose is to find out why he made the decision. In those ways I know I have already made decisions, some that limit myself and some that leave the door wide open for adventure. Now I must step outside those doors and take life by the horns.
Zander, Benjamin & Zander, Rosamund. (2000). The art of possibility. Harvard Business School
Press, Boston, MA.
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