When "Leaders" Stop Growing

“There is a theory of human behavior that says people subconsciously retard their own intellectual growth. They come to rely on clichés and habits. Once they reach the age of their own personal comfort with the world, they stop learning and their mind runs on idle for the rest of their days. They may progress organizationally, they may be ambitious and eager and they may even work night and day. But they learn no more. The bigoted, the narrow-minded, the stubborn and the perpetually optimistic have all stopped learning.” – Philip Crosby _Quality is Free__ Here's seven signs that you're, possibly, being led by people who are no longer growing. 1. They're rarely reading books or listening to sermons/lectures or, 2. They can't tolerate books or sermons/lectures that aren't from their pet perspective. 3. All of the people that influence them are in their close knit social circle (church, organization, school etc.) 4. They will challenge no one and they run from being challenged. 5. Their communication is full of cliches rather than cohesive, thought induced, sentences. 6. They continually posit their current situations in the best possible light, regardless of evidence to the contrary. 7. They rarely surprise and therefore rarely create. Their answers and actions are incredibly predictable. They are at incredible peace with the the way they are doing things.