Organic Performance

Small is powerful. Small is beautiful. Small is effective. Be it an idea, an object or action. Small makes it simple to understand and implement without too much of selling, convincing or confronting…

A small group say two to ten people can achieve wonders much easily than of any other size. It is easy to coordinate, get and integrate results, identify solutions away from normal in much less time than one can imagine in a small group of committed people.

Cooperatives with 2 to 10 participating leaders have created wonderful living conditions for a large community. Start-ups with handful of dreamer doers have created big companies that are more sustainable than big corporations! Small team of doctors and scientists continue to bring smile on the faces of many, continuously!

Why is this so?

1. Focus on the goal is easy to achieve so are the steps required to achieve them!
2. Quick trials and quicker feedback between team members helps reinforcing confidence at each step!
3. Creating and sharing the same passion is easy with the bonding that develops quickly between the members of the team
4. Collaboration and Urgency of task accomplishment brings down competition and waste of energy!
5. The power of WE v/s Ability of ME is easy to understand and appreciate!

High performing groups thus are a small set of people with single goal at at a time!

It might be good to keep and pursue small goals in life, continuously leading to bigger achievement – over a period of time – like the most advised systematic invest plans! There are people who have kept single goal in life and taken small steps to achieve them!

Small is truly fascinating and worth a try!

Most animals attack along a straight line; the spider weaves a web, adapted to its location and spun in a pattern, whether simple or complex. Once the web is woven, the work is done. The spider has no need to hunt; it simply waits for the next fool to fall into the web’s barely visible strands!

Couple this with Patton’s philosophy of command:

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity!”

 

Contrast this with The Ocean’s Tide:

It ebbs and flows so powerfully that no one in its path can escape its pull or move against it. Like the moon, you are the force that sets the tide, which carries everything along in its wake!

What about the Bull?

It is large, its stare is intimidating, and its horns can pierce your flesh. Attacking it and trying to escape it are equally fatal. Instead stand your ground and let the bull charge your cape, giving it nothing to hit, making its horns useless. Get it angry and irritated – the harder and more furiously it charges, the faster it wears itself down. A point will come when you can turn the game around and go to work, carving up the once fearsome beast!

Spider strategy wins, mostly when the fight is hard to lose and tough to continue but time is the key!

Dreams belong to the category of good intentions. But what matters most to our world is not just intentions � actions following those good dreams! Dreamer doers have figured out a way to establish a good set of intentions and reinforce them with solid actions strengthened continuously by feedback of results � a typical self sustained control system!

We have seen fizzling, fading, fearful dreamers. Blame it on nature, environment, necessities, compulsions, changing demands of life�. dreams that end or disappear weakly are mostly based on loose foundations. A good set of intentions coupled with a solid personal value system, provide a firm foundation for building a meaningful, broader but focused dream liners�

Borrowed wisdom says making our intentions public has its own merit in ensuring a close loop system of balance and natural follow-up. Peers, friends and own circle of influencers help us remember our own set of intentions and question every action within this framework � making us keep up to our promise of dream doing!

If we all intend to be dreamer doers within companies we work for, there can be a single manifesto!! Here is one such depiction from Friebergs�. Worth to keep a tab and making it relevant in own pursuits�

The
Manifesto
for Blowing the Doors off Business-as-usual
� Copyright 2007 by freibergs, a San Diego Consulting Group, Inc. company

We Are Designed to Choose�and Defined by Choice!

The freedom to choose may be the most powerful attribute and precious resource I have in my life. It shapes who I become, the success I achieve, and my influence in the world. I am a product of my choices, not my conditions. Therefore, I have made the following decisions:

In the game of life there are players and those who shrink from their God-given abilities. Players charge on to the field with passion, energy and a desire to win�sometimes they get their hands dirty, their faces sweaty and their bodies bloody and bruised by giving their all to the game.

I Choose be a Player

Using I don�t have authority is an excuse for doing nothing. Leadership is not a title, nor is it a position; it�s a choice. I will lead where I am planted.

My happiness, job satisfaction, sense of accomplishment, and ultimate success depend upon ME not THEM. When I refuse to shift the responsibility for these things to someone else I stop being a victim! I recognize that the REAL OPPONENT is out there among our competitors, not in here among my teammates. I will collaborate.

People, can be foolish, stupid, abrasive, insensitive, self-centered and dishonest, but I will not be held hostage by anger and resentment. I will forgive. By doing this�

I Choose to be Accountable

The world is not here to make me happy. My happiness comes from using my gifts to serve the world. To give unselfishly is to gain immeasurably.

I Choose Service Over Self-interest

I can focus on what isn�t working, why it can�t be done, and who�s to blame or I can focus on what is working, how it can be done, and what I want to achieve. I can be part of the solution or part of the problem. I will move from �YA BUT�� to �YES AND�� and �WHAT IF�?�

I Choose to Focus Forward

My work is my signature�a statement about me, it determines my reputation. I will make it a masterpiece. To know that my work counts is to know that I count. If I engage in work that makes me come alive the world will beat a path to my door.

I Choose to Play to My Genius

No one is paying me today for what I did yesterday. When I stop bringing something of value to the game, the game is over. I am dedicated to results over rhetoric and red tape.

I Choose to Get It Done

Life without risk and adventure is a life not fully lived. I will never discover my true capabilities unless I explore the boundaries and test the limits of what I can achieve. How I handle fear is my choice. If I choose to face it and step through it, fear loses its stronghold giving creativity and innovation a chance to flourish. If I repress or run from fear, it gains strength and enslaves me. Life is not a dress rehearsal.

I Choose to Risk More and Gain More

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