What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Written by a professor at a college such as Julliard (for music), this book shows the power of allowing risk taking by students if you take away their fear of not getting an A in the class

Was this aimed at a general audience - something that might end up on the NYT bestseller list, for example - or was it something only educators would read? When did you read it or hear about it? When you say "such as Juilliard" - does that mean you're pretty sure it was a performing arts type school?

Yes, this was aimed at a general audience, not scholarly at least. It was written, as I remember, by a professor at a school for musicians. His examples were about students who came to that school afraid to play poorly (because of the pressure and competition there) or learn a differently from him, so he would give them an A at the beginning of the year to take that pressure off and then they began to open up to taking risks. thanks for your help

If not Juliard, you can try Berklee in Boston - a fairly famous music college.

Polly, are you still looking for this?

No, thanks. I found it. The book is The Art of Possibility

Thanks for the update Polly. Here's the link - The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander.