BE(come)

We often focus on what we want/need to get done. Personal and organizational strategies perseverate on the things we aspire to do, to accomplish -- goals, action steps, operational rules, etc. 

The wisest people and best organizations I study, however, focus instead on what they want to BE. Their ontological intent -- their aspiration for ways of being -- drives their subsequent steps/actions/strategies. Not the other way around. 

There are a lot of worthy ways of BEing: 

    Kind

        Generous

            Forgiving

                Intentional

                    Service-oriented

                        Trusting,... 

We can pick from a long and healthy list.

First, however, we must choose... Thereafter, growing ourselves toward that BEingness is the excellent and noble work of a worthy life.