Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world. ~ Joel Barker
In Kevin Johnson’s book, “The Entrepreneur Mind,” a key point that he makes is for a business owner to work ON the company and not IN the company. The point is that the owner/CEO has the priority of guiding the direction of the company and is severely hampered when working within the company. An owner has a vision for the business and this vision is diffused throughout the company through culture, processes, and managing expectations. However, the vision is absorbed by the company through understanding its purpose, why the company exists and adopting the same belief. The owner is responsible for influencing the company in a way that inspires its members to not just follow orders, but to seek the same vision.
If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever. ~ St. Thomas Aquinas
On a ship there is the captain and the helmsman. The helmsman steers the direction of the vessel. His job is to maintain a given course, but not to decide what course to take. However, through his knowledge and experience, even when the captain is below deck the ship stays true to its course because he has accepted the direction the captain has given. The owner is the company’s captain and when the owner provides the influence, inspiration, and guidance there is no hesitation about achieving the vision or reaching a desired port because the crew knows what direction to take as they have adopted the same vision as their captain.
RadiusOnline is such a company whose members have truly adopted the vision that owner, Vu Hoang, has inspired them to not simply believe in, but to seek with him. Even in his absence each member of the RadiusOnline team is intrinsically motivated, no, intrinsically inspired to strive for the vision they believe. At RadiusOnline online marketing interns are ever moving onward and upward.
The true measure of a man is the integrity of his actions when given absolute impunity. – anon