Spiral Up: ... and Other Management Secrets Behind Wildly Successful Initiatives

Chapter 12. Working Wonders: Putting the Pieces Together

At the outset of this book, we talked about two legitimate ways to manage work: the conventional, deliberate approach for projects where we wanted predictable results, and the wildly successful approach for venturing into the upside. Let’s take a moment and recap the differences. For working wonders:

Reach Beyond Your Grasp

• Don’t choose your objectives rationally; make them personal. Ultimately, every highly successful initiative has at its core a deep sense of purpose. These initiatives succeed by igniting wildfires of meaningful work.

• Don’t aim for a target that’s within reach; go for something you don’t know how to accomplish. The conventional wisdom says that successful projects should ...