Over the long run, superior performance depends on superior learning.

If there is genuine potential for growth, build capacity in advance of demand, as a strategy for creating demand. Hold the vision, especially as regards assessing key performance and evaluating whether capacity to meet potential demand is adequate.

People with a high level of personal mastery are able to consistently realize the results that matter most deeply to them-in effect, they approach their life as an artist would approach a work of art. The do that by becoming committed to their own lifelong learning.

The gap between vision and current reality is also a source of energy. If there were no gap, there would be no need for any action to move towards the vision. We call this gap creative tension.

Mastery of creative tension brings out the capacity for perseverance and patience. Time is an ally.

By using the systems archetypes we can learn how to “structure” the details into a coherent picture of the forces at play.

When placed in the same system, people, however different, tend to produce similar results.