JIM COLLINS, the author of such important books as Built to Last and Good to Great, is an avid rock climber for more than 30 years and still climbs three to four days a week.  In an article entitled “Leadership Lessons of a Rock Climber,” published in the business magazine Fast Company, Jim writes:

“We roped up and set off up the route, shooting for an ‘on-sight’ assent.  [An on-sight means that on your first try, you lead the climb without prior information about the moves and without any artificial aid.  Other climbers have not told you how to climb the difficult sections, nor have you watched anyone else attempt the route.]  You get one chance for an on-sight.  Once you start to climb, if you blow it and fall onto the rope, you’ve lost that chance forever.”

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