| Nothing gets accomplshed by itself. Even to | | | | in the organizational structure. |
| raise a tent takes planning. The tent. The | | | | |
| pegs. The hammer and tools. And a plan. | | | | Think of it who is it that influenced you to |
| | | | good worthwhile habits in life. What is a |
| Yet many people do not understand what you | | | | family member, an uncle a neighbor? This |
| might consider to be clear to your two year | | | | person may have inadvertently set you on the |
| old. "Tell the truth" and "Don't take what | | | | good path. It is much better to learn from a |
| is not yours". Look at a simple hamster. | | | | good role model than have to overcome the |
| | | | mistakes that a poor role model will leave |
| A hamster will intuitively know several | | | | you to overcome. Or it may be a person from |
| things that are basic to success in life. | | | | the outside. For example one man who grew up |
| | | | in a terrible home environment realized very |
| First not to be interested in life and | | | | clearly that in his life his role model of |
| inquisitive. Second not to bite the hand | | | | note was a math teacher who when discovering |
| that feeds it. | | | | that a student was not at an exam physically |
| | | | left the school to bang on the girl's door to |
| Thirdly if you give a hamster some food, say | | | | in effect drag her to school for the test. |
| for example some sunflower seeds it will | | | | This person clearly stated that his life had |
| promptly hide these items in other words to | | | | been one big party and this taught that |
| save the seeds and not swallow them right | | | | ""kid, life is serious" Interestingly enough |
| away. | | | | this person later went on to a successful |
| | | | career in real estate and insisted that |
| Many people you will meet in your travels may | | | | because of rigorous drillings of this math |
| repeat simple phrases and slogans such as | | | | teacher that he was able to quickly calculate |
| "Those that do not plan - plan to fail" or | | | | sums in his head to clinch real estate deals. |
| such truisms as "The job is not done until | | | | |
| the tools (or paperwork) is either put away | | | | Secondly it should be understood that in life |
| or finished. | | | | people do not stop at their level of |
| | | | competence. Organizations whether it is at |
| Yet the amazing thing is that most of these | | | | your place of work, your church, school or |
| same people do not comprehend the simple | | | | non profit group tend to promote people until |
| truths your child learnt in kindergarten or | | | | even after trouble begins. Organizational |
| the hamster seems to know intuitively | | | | structure is such people are seldom trained |
| instinctively. | | | | for their jobs. They are thrust into a |
| | | | position that they are not trained for and |
| How can this be? Why is it that apparently | | | | bumble through. And guess who their role |
| intelligent or in many cases non intelligent | | | | model in their new position. Guess what it is |
| people cannot grasp these simple and apparent | | | | was their predecessor of boss who guess what |
| truisms. | | | | was also unprepared ann. not trained. The |
| | | | cycle repeats itself endlessly, the person in |
| The answer comes down to two factors. | | | | many if not most cases stops at a level where |
| Firstly the examples these people saw in life | | | | his incompetence not competence is his |
| whether it was from their home and family | | | | hallmark. |
| environment or other important role models. | | | | |
| | | | It is amazing that if America is held up as |
| Secondly in life and in many job or power | | | | the world standard or efficiency and |
| structures a person is promoted not to the | | | | effectiveness in comparison to many cultures |
| station that he or she is best at or most | | | | and economies. Imagine what it is like |
| competent but rather to the stage at which | | | | elsewhere in the world. |
| his terrible incompetence stops that person | | | | |