Chapter 9

Replicating and Evolving Your New DNA

“We don’t accomplish anything in this world alone . . . and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one’s life and all the weavings of individual threads from one to another that creates something.”

—Sandra Day O’Connor

PERHAPS YOU’VE HEARD the story about the leader who, when faced with a crisis of momentous proportion, went alone to a mountain retreat to meditate and seek inspiration. He sweated over which option he would choose that would determine the future of his group: continue to battle the forces that threatened its survival, likely at great cost, or cut losses and move on in search of a new way. After tortured contemplation, this great leader decided to accept a new approach, and that changed everything about his culture and ensured its long-term survival.