Table of Contents
Prologue: I'm Possible ix
Part I Grow Great 1
1 On the Move 5
2 A Visit to Buckingham Palace 19
3 The Blizzard 25
4 Supermarket Wonder 29
5 House Rules 34
6 Sliding Board Lessons 39
7 The Kool-Aid Test 44
8 Trumpet Lessons 52
9 Band Nerd 56
10 Cracking 62
11 Saturday School 71
Part II Chance. Choice. Change! 75
12 Flip the Script 77
13 Pool Party 87
14 Yo-Yo Ma Should Be Sad He Plays the Cello 100
15 Any Given Day 105
16 A Stranger in the Distance 112
17 Us and Them 118
18 Crossing Over 124
19 Bridging the Gap 128
20 Brotherhood 137
21 Truth Meter 144
22 In the Tuba Basement 150
23 Life Is Fair Because It Is Unfair to Everybody 156
24 My Second Family 161
25 Keep a Dime in Your Shoe 167
26 On the Road Again, Businessman with a Tuba 171
27 Play It Again, Prometheus 181
Part III Pathways of Possibility 191
28 You Only Have to Win One 195
29 Fearless and Inventive 203
30 A Visit with Midas 207
31 Rooted 211
32 Going to the Mattresses 215
33 Invent the Future 222
34 Here, Now 229
Epilogue: The World Deserves the Best Version of You 235
Acknowledgments 243