Chapter 6
The personal development journey
The journey is the destination
Not for the faint hearted
A journey of personal development is a lifetime’s work involving courage and determination. As Stephen Covey (1989)1 says, “almost every significant breakthrough is the result of the courage to break with the traditional ways of working”. We suggest that perhaps the journey is the destination. It is learning what to hold onto and having the courage to let go.
We are all, as human beings, curious: we seek to explore and to understand, we reflect on things. This the nature of learning. We (the authors) believe that learning and leading are synonymous: ...
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