Thanks for stopping by and for your comment. I think you four point model hits the nail on the head.

Regards,

Michelle

What we must have to do what we do:

1. Ability to do the work
2. Knowledge / Skills
3. Discipline
4. Desire

Could I be an engineer, doctor or president? I certainly lack the desire for those things. While I might have the ability to acquire the requisite knowledge and skills, I don’t know that I would have the discipline to go through the process.

It’s not “Plato’s Republic” but certainly, there *are* limitations.

Thanks for stopping by. Yes, I agree. Well said. Thank you for the comment.

Regards,

Michelle

Once you discover what drives you to feel a sense of fulfillment – stop at nothing to get yourself a chance to do it every day. When you work at something you love, you center yourself and align your whole being – you allow yourself to tap into your own discretionary energy. When you align your life around your goals, you allow yourself passion for your own work, you increase your productivity far beyond what any time management class or new blackberry will allow.

Thanks for stopping by. Great example! I’ve said before that I detest labels because everything is contextual. One man’s leader is another’s fool. Even micromangement is contextual. Competence, as well, is contextual. This is a perfect example. So is Michael Jordan a top-level athlete or not? Huh, huh? If we had top-level athlete as a “competency” for certain job, would he qualify?

Thanks for the comment.

Michelle

But when he quit basketball to play baseball, he was rated mediocre. Truthfully, the only reason he got playing time was that he is Michael Jordan!

He went back to basketball and conquered the world, again.

The best success comes in matching your individual, specific talent to the best expression of that talent–there is where you have Michael Jordan-type basketball, take over the world success.

Teresa Day
http://www.TeresaDay.com

Limitation – celebration. “The recognition that personal limits are the framework for exercising one’s talents. the ability to laugh at one’s own imperfections.”

As an aside, I just came off a neat weekend with a small group of business folks talking about values and their impact on organizational performance and effectiveness. We visited Brian Hall. one of the worlds leading experts in the connection of human development, values, and organizational effectiveness. He presents these ideas in comprehensive way in(Value Shift and The Genesis Effect: Personal and Organizational Transformations.)

Some years ago I had done an extensive search on values and found that Hall was significantly ahead of the other writings particularly in the organizational applications of vlues. I still believe that to be true.

Thanks for stopping by.

You have some insightful thoughts on the subject as well I see. Thank you for your comments.

Michelle

I think that you are dead on. It is only through self-discovery that you discover the “one thing” that you MUST do amidst the world of possibility.

Freedom is to consciously choose to be a slave to your destiny rather than unconsciously chasing “something better.” Eternally holding out the carrot of “what could be” encourages us to follow whatever carrot appears to be the most appealing at the moment- cowboy, policeman, astronaut, sports star, politician, professor, CEO… There is an unlimited supply of what could be. But there is only one thing that we can fully commit ourselves to Now.

-Tony