Success Built to Last
By Jerry Porras, Stwart Emery and Mark Thomson
When the text informed me that most successful builders do not possess the confident qualities of a leader but are more introverted, tentative and nervous particularly when being addressed as, or referred to as a leader, it really shocked me. Is it not of the essence to be a very sociable person in order to be successful? Then I thought about it and I believe that the mission of the soul makes the man/women. In the case of Norma Hotaling, It does not matter how she feels about herself, when she working with or talking about her mission, it brings her out of her shell and fills her with the energy and enthusiasm to reach for the “unqualified”(106-107).
“ Life takes ‘passion, determination, and skill,’ cautions [Condoleezza] Rice”(117) (as cited in Porras). This is applicable because without one, two or all of these, life threatens to and will eventually run you over and flatten you. Without these elements a person’s success cannot be expected to last(118). The entire concept is like you are trying to built a dam to prevent the tides of life from overwhelming you are you going to use straw, sticks, and feathers or would you rather use stone, morter and steel?
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