Then sponsor and protect them from the bureaucracy when they need it. Emerging from research are key elements and characteristics of top performing organizations in today's environment. Rarely do most people examine their own assumptions, beliefs, skills, behaviors, and learning levels to see how they created their own circumstances. Much of life consists of two opposite and sometimes opposing forces, the key is finding a balance that's right for the conditions and circumstances. However, there are success systems, success habits, and success principles applied through discipline and persistence.
Failure often results from following the line of least persistence.
There is no one best or right way to keep ourselves growing and developing. But, without a vision and the discipline to follow through, there can be no personal improvement. As we contribute our work to our team or organization, we also need to contribute a deeper sense of meaning or purpose. If we're going to be leaders, we need to take our selves and ours to the Emotional and Spiritual levels. A great fictional story illustrating a major problem we encounter again and again in our work with individuals, teams, and organizations trying to move to higher levels of performance.