Vision and Complacency 3
VISION challenges the status quo and moves a man to venture out of his comfort zone. It is a daring attempt to change what is to what should be.
Welcome to Leading Right.
The truth is that those who need change are the very last set of people to realize they need it. A company that is raking in a run-away profit might not see the need to adapt to change that is inevitable as soon as the current distortion in the economy abates. A highly paid worker in an industry might be blind to the challenges facing the industry and the imminent loss of jobs as long as the salary and the impressive perks are not presently threatened. A young man might fail to see the need for further training so long his current needs are satisfactorily met. The leaders might just sit and watch the nation burns so long as they are not just in government but in power.
History has never been on the side of the complacent. Who ever thought the Roman Empire could collapse? Iran under the Czar was thought to be safe and secure. That was before the communists came. For decades, communism itself was thought of as the perfect ideology for humanity. The idea of the proletariats (the working class) taking over reigns of power from the bourgeoisies (the economic class) was enticing. How about the maxim: “To everyone according to his needs”? The attempt to consign religion to the archive as the opium of the masses, made propaganda sense, but not economic sense as it could not remove the endless lines of people waiting for rations of essential items. Yet, the communist regime resisted change. When change eventually came, it made a clean sweep of the indomitable USSR. The republic was balkanized by the knife of change.
A company that has settled in soon faces internal conflict. A life that is not venturing is soon enmeshed in internal burden Ask David who stayed back in his palace while the other kings were at war. He saw Huraiah at the port of complacency, not on the way to his dream. He plotted the death of her husband in the comfort of complacency. He slept with her on the bed, not of meditation on his dream, but of complacency. He suffered a lot of reverses due to this action. Only God’s mercy allowed him to reach his larger dream.
Complacency does not only prevent you from moving forward, it makes you lose the very ground you are trying to protect.
Take time this morning to think deeply of your achievements. The giant strides you have made in your profession or business. The great leaps you have experienced in your family and the momentous contributions you have made to the society. It is appropriate to celebrate. But it is also time to dream again and higher. Whatever you have achieved is nothing compared to what still remains in you. The best is yet to come as you allow your mind to continue to soar; as you strive to break your best records and remove human and environmental barriers to progress. Well, if you still choose to stand by and watch your trophies, you must know this for sure: those trophies will soon become irrelevant. Your achievements will soon pale into insignificance. Only a constant deployment of your mind in new and more challenging ventures will bring fulfillment and assure you of a place in history. Good morning.
Welcome to Leading Right.
The truth is that those who need change are the very last set of people to realize they need it. A company that is raking in a run-away profit might not see the need to adapt to change that is inevitable as soon as the current distortion in the economy abates. A highly paid worker in an industry might be blind to the challenges facing the industry and the imminent loss of jobs as long as the salary and the impressive perks are not presently threatened. A young man might fail to see the need for further training so long his current needs are satisfactorily met. The leaders might just sit and watch the nation burns so long as they are not just in government but in power.
History has never been on the side of the complacent. Who ever thought the Roman Empire could collapse? Iran under the Czar was thought to be safe and secure. That was before the communists came. For decades, communism itself was thought of as the perfect ideology for humanity. The idea of the proletariats (the working class) taking over reigns of power from the bourgeoisies (the economic class) was enticing. How about the maxim: “To everyone according to his needs”? The attempt to consign religion to the archive as the opium of the masses, made propaganda sense, but not economic sense as it could not remove the endless lines of people waiting for rations of essential items. Yet, the communist regime resisted change. When change eventually came, it made a clean sweep of the indomitable USSR. The republic was balkanized by the knife of change.
A company that has settled in soon faces internal conflict. A life that is not venturing is soon enmeshed in internal burden Ask David who stayed back in his palace while the other kings were at war. He saw Huraiah at the port of complacency, not on the way to his dream. He plotted the death of her husband in the comfort of complacency. He slept with her on the bed, not of meditation on his dream, but of complacency. He suffered a lot of reverses due to this action. Only God’s mercy allowed him to reach his larger dream.
Complacency does not only prevent you from moving forward, it makes you lose the very ground you are trying to protect.
Take time this morning to think deeply of your achievements. The giant strides you have made in your profession or business. The great leaps you have experienced in your family and the momentous contributions you have made to the society. It is appropriate to celebrate. But it is also time to dream again and higher. Whatever you have achieved is nothing compared to what still remains in you. The best is yet to come as you allow your mind to continue to soar; as you strive to break your best records and remove human and environmental barriers to progress. Well, if you still choose to stand by and watch your trophies, you must know this for sure: those trophies will soon become irrelevant. Your achievements will soon pale into insignificance. Only a constant deployment of your mind in new and more challenging ventures will bring fulfillment and assure you of a place in history. Good morning.
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