Running faster on the treadmill of “more” still keeps you stuck just in one place. The place of “not enough”.
When “leaders” talk about their visions, they talk about “more”. More products. More services. More shareholder value.
When people talk about vision, they also talk about more. More skills certifications, more work, more overtime, more income.
Implicit in this understanding is that if we just do “more”, we will be okay.
But the harder you push something, the more quickly it breaks. When “visionary leaders” ask for more, they break people. Employees worldwide have some of the lowest satisfaction scores ever.
When “more” is the goal, you focus on making the treadmill run faster.
After all, the faster you run, the sooner you will arrive at the land of “more”. But ultimately, it is just a treadmill.
What vision do we have for ourselves?
I don’t think we will figure this out until we get off the treadmill of more.
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