People think they are free because of the absence of external
controls," says O'Brien. "But, in fact, they are prisoners of a deeper
and more insidious form of bondage—they only have one way of
looking at the world."
"Freedom to" (rather than "freedom from") is the freedom to
create the results we truly desire. It is the freedom that people who
pursue personal mastery seek. It is the heart of the learning organization,
because the impulse to generative learning is the desire to
create something new, something that has value and meaning to
people.