What is more important to you? 1) That the created organization achieves what you want it to achieve, or 2) that you created the organization.  Answer this question for yourself.  Do not even consider that you might answer it publicly.  If it is more important that you create and perhaps run the organization, then you likely want ego satisfaction more than you want the to-be-created-organization goals achieved.  Try to be really objective.  If creating the organization is more important to you than the organization achieving which you intended for it, then you have lots of company and may achieve something useful.  Further, if this is the case and you are adequately clever and energetic, you will likely achieve some measure of ego satisfaction, although only temporarily.  However, you will likely NOT create an optimally achieving organization. 

Think about this.  The reason is neither obvious nor all that difficult to figure out.  If you cannot see why then you are not likely a good candidate to create an optimally achieving organization. 

I shall assume that you can see why your ego satisfaction wants can get in the way of creating an optimally achieving organization.  If this is true then you are not likely looking for ego satisfaction and have a very good chance of creating an optimally achieving organization. 

I will not address what it might be that you want the to-be-created-organization to achieve.  It can be anything at all.  However, we do need to discuss what you want the creation process to achieve. 

Getting to optimal achievement is an evolutionary process.  It cannot happen immediately when the organization has been created.  The people in the organization will need to learn and grow into what it takes for optimal achievement.  New people will be needed as the organization grows and its achievement increases.  Precisely where the creation process will stop and the growth process takes over will not be well defined.  It will be a fuzzy transition.  To be successful in creating the organization there are many things that you will want the organization to be ready to do.   Most of them you will define as a result of the specific achievements that you want of the organization.  But there are four things that my simulations indicate are universal.

1. Have a positive achievement reinforcement feedback processing at least started. 
2. Create selective people filters for the people who enter and for the people who stay. 
3. Have the 5 optimal achievement factors ingrained in the culture of the organization. 
4. Improve your ability for optimal personal achievement.  This will be discussed extensively in the next chapter.  I will say no more here. 

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