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Ceiling of Complexity
October 27th, 2009
Who invented the horseless carriage aka, the car? Some might say it was Henry Ford while others know better. Henry Ford didn’t invent the car, but rather the assembly line process. Elwood H Haynes from Kokomo, Indiana was the first to invent a horseless carriage using an internal combustion engine. Currently, his automobile is on display at the Smithsonian in Washington DC. Think about whom of these two gentlemen have household names? It’s not Elwood Haynes. Did you also know that Central Indiana was once the epicenter of the automobile industry? We had more automobile manufacturing plant then as Detroit has now. So what happened?
People and businesses at various times reach a ceiling of complexity. This is when we reach a level where current knowledge and experience is not longer an adequate foundation for further growth. Elwood H. Haynes’ limited knowledge and experience kept him from mass producing his automobile, whereas Henry Ford’s knowledge and experience lead him to mass produce an American automotive icon that is still seen on the streets today. Did Henry Ford have experience with assembly line mass production? No, but he had experience with envisioning, goal setting and then acting with intention on what his goals. Henry Ford thought big! He was a growth-minded, futuristic thinker whose self-image rejected the norms of the past.
Have you hit your ceiling of complexity? Are you somewhat stuck and can’t figure out why? Are you stifled on what to do about it? Setting goals can be the answer! When we set goals we become future-minded and dismiss the past as an illusion. Goal setters think in terms of “All things are possible” and that “the past is to serve us and not to master us.” When we focus forward, we give ourselves permission to use our mental periscope to look beyond our roadblocks and ceilings of complexity to accomplish at a higher and more productive level.
Paul Lushin
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