Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it…….Ralph Emerson
Yes, the story of greatness is written time and again..and it is one amongst us..made up of bones and flesh who writes an immortal story. It takes a good man to stand for the goodness which he is made up of to become great… just as it takes the strength to survive the harshness of nature for metamorphosis of a pupa into butterfly with wings.
Jim Collins in his book “Good to Great” integrates these stories which thus far remained diffused in the gleaming autobiographies of the celebrated CEOs of the corporate history. He says, unlike what is perceived, the story of transcendation of a firm from the orbit of good to great doesn’t require a magical formula and something which only works only under “ceteris paribus”.
Making the transition from good to great doesn't require a high-profile CEO, the latest technology, innovative change management, or even a fine-tuned business strategy. At the core of the rare and truly great companies is a corporate culture that rigorously finds and promotes disciplined people to think and act in a disciplined manner. If the foundations of the companies are laid as such then it just takes the firm, time to continue treading on the same path that it has carved out for itself. But as mediocrity in the human world prevails in abundance, people stop and are satisfied with being good. The pages of glorified self and a few moments under the sun – this is how success is seen by all the mediocre minds
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