The Only Way To Remain Great Is

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

Perhaps Your Quest To Be Part Of Building Something Great Will Not Fall In Your Business Life. But Find It Somewhere. If Not In Corporate Life, Then Perhaps In Making Your Church Great. If Not There, Then Perhaps A Nonprofit, Or A Community Organization, Or A Class You Teach. Get Involved In Something That You Care So Much About That You Want To Make It The Greatest It Can Possibly Be, Not Because Of What You Will Get, But Just Because It Can Be Done.

Good Is The Enemy Of Great. And That Is One Of The Key Reasons Why We Have So Little That Becomes Great. We Don't Have Great Schools, Principally Because We Have Good Schools. We Don't Have Great Government, Principally Because We Have Good Government. Few People Attain Great Lives, In Large Part Because It Is Just So Easy To Settle For A Good Life.

A Visionary Company Doesn't Simply Balance Between Idealism And Profitability: It Seeks To Be Highly Idealistic And Highly Profitable. A Visionary Company Doesn't Simply Balance Between Preserving A Tightly Held Core Ideology And Stimulating Vigorous Change And Movement; It Does Both To An Extreme.

Discipline Should Amplify Creativity Rather Than Stifle It.