This re-examination is emotional and difficult. The reward will be a shift of thinking, understanding, feeling, being, and behaving that is internalized and endures. Then, instead of relying on mindless, mechanical formulas for meaningless change, mindful and enlightened leaders will utilize their wisdom, maturity, and judgment to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time, to fit the unique reality of their organization. I believe this journey within is the personal intellectual, psychological, and spiritual transformation of consciousness that people must make if they want to lead sustainable organizations in a sustainable world. The times in which we live are uncertain, dangerous, and unpredictable.
People are vulnerable.
Security and control are illusions. We should not be hasty to identify with a new paradigm, worldview, or philosophy. If we identify closely with any school of thought or profession we will have to embrace their views and follow their rules. Strive instead to identify with life itself and endeavor to understand life's natural creative process and to live life accordingly always open to new insights. Transformation requires courage, service, sacrifice, and intellectual vigor.