Good Is The Enemy Of Great.. The

Discipline Should Amplify Creativity Rather Than Stifle It.

The Best Ceos In Our Research Display Tremendous Ambition For Their Company Combined With The Stoic Will To Do Whatever It Takes, No Matter How Brutal (within The Bounds Of The Company's Core Values), To Make The Company Great. Yet At The Same Time They Display A Remarkable Humility About Themselves, Ascribing Much Of Their Own Success To Luck, Discipline And Preparation Rather Than Personal Genius.

We Must Reject The Idea... Well-intentioned, But Dead Wrong... That The Primary Path To Greatness In The Social Sectors Is To Become "more Like A Business." Most Businesses... Like Most Of Anything Else In Life... Fall Somewhere Between Mediocre And Good.

Those Fortunate Enough To Find Or Create A Practical Intersection Of The Three Circles Have The Basis For A Great Work Life.

All Companies Have A Culture, Some Companies Have Discipline, But Few Companies Have A Culture Of Discipline. When You Have Disciplined People, You Don't Need Hierarchy. When You Have Disciplined Thought, You Don't Need Bureaucracy. When You Have Disciplined Action, You Don' T Need Excessive Controls. When You Combine A Culture Of Discipline With An Ethic Of Entrepreneurship, You Get The Magical Alchemy Of Great Performance.