Knowledge is constructed, not transferred

Willpower is so common among highly successful people that many see its characteristics as synonymous with success.

One possibility for difficulties innovating is that most people really donÕt care about innovation.

Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively.

The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

Structures of which we are unaware hold us prisoner.

I think the terminology I would use is 'a continuous process of reflection'. I've always thought of only two questions that have mattered to me personally. One is what is really needed in the world and the second is what's really important to me and how these two intersect. It's always been a reflective process - spiraling around these two poles.