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When do we move from being good to becoming great? When does an organisation  or individual achieve greatness? When do we know that something that we have built will last for generations? Is it the CEO or the leader that makes the difference? Or is it their flagship program? Is it their track record, their rapid growth and amazing results that makes them great?   Looking at people, organisations, movements, companies around the world, there are very few things that they have in common, things they have done differently that moved them from merely being good to achieving greatness and lasting for a long time. It is not very difficult to spot but it is not easy to replicate as it needs commitment and tenacity to pursue what they did differently or to do very ordinary things consistently that brought them cult status. Here are a few principles or values that are indispensable if one wants to move from being just good to great and enduring on long after we are gone. Clarity of V