Simply put…Every breakthrough first requires a break with the old paradigms, practices, and principles that tether people and organizations to the status quo.
People who are successful today, the rich and famous, the super achievers, were not born with the proverbial gold spoon in their mouth. They followed religiously, nine simple, but highly effective insights that broke with traditional status quo. After applying these insights into daily action, amazing breakthroughs occurred in their personal and professional lives.
I believe every person has the ability to make their big breakthrough. However, a word of caution…making your big break takes time, it requires small steps, and the continuous application of the principles
A breakthrough requires a series of “break-withs” It is the “break-withs” that when applied continuously and consistently by leaders and organizations, that leads to positive change, positive results.
The issue is that some leaders, and organizations are unwilling or unable to LET GO. They want to hang on to the old ways and solve the problems they are facing today by working harder and faster doing the same things….guess what? They get the same results.
Instead, what is needed is… breaking with old paradigms, practices and principles that hold people and business to the status quo ( the status quo being the “current or existing state”)
I have found that leadership is really all about letting go…letting go of the ineffective ways (and letting go of power)…the challenge is… how to let go, what to let go, when to let go and to who
One thing I know for sure…The only guarantees in life are taxes, death and I would add one more…CHANGE
And it is the CHANGE part within leadership that I talk about in my book. How I changed and how I changed my team, my leaders, communities and businesses towards a new mind set, skill set and tool set. And I was able to do this within a very entrenched, command and control, autocratic culture to say the least.
It was in this command and control structure, that I discovered the break-with’s, the letting go of the old ways (or the incomplete ways) that directed me towards a smarter way of solving problems and leading.
