• The principle of equilibrium that takes into consideration the ability of well-balancing the working time with the labor time, so that he or she eliminates the dependency of working over some limits.
• The principle of fully devotion to one activity which means that the efficiency of involving in a certain activity should count more than the duration of doing that; in other words, better “less + devotion” than “more + absence”.
• The principle of flexibility in order to understand the differences among people and their behaviors, motivation system, way of doing, skills and competences.
The development must be considered a variable that people have to face. A constant development means no development at the personal and organizational level, which in the New Economy will generate no capacity of adapting to the so much changing environment.
The changing ability of individuals and organization is dependent of the type of elasticity of development:
• elastic development high changing ability;
• inelastic development low changing ability;
• unitary development constant changing ability.
The sustainable personal development can be achieved only by individuals with a high ability for changes.
They accept the challenge for development as something which cannot be avoided. The higher the progress is, the better the people can succeed in taking advantage from the opportunities. In other words people looking for sustainable development must behave as leaders and they will continuously progress; they are individuals:
• motivated, who can motivate others;
• preoccupied by the learning process which becomes a way of life and not a temporary stage;
• enthusiastic, ready to consider any end as a new start.
The sustainable organizational development can be achieved only by organizations with a high ability for changes which is shown by the managers; such an organization:
• is able to manage the resources effectively and efficiently;
• runs the activities toward people management which means that it realizes the full potential of its people;
• turn the policies and strategies into plans and action.
To conclude, the new context creates opportunities for organizations to develop toward sustainability and for individuals toward happiness. Seeing and taking advantage of the environmental opportunities is a matter of “elasticity of development”. The higher the elasticity of development is, the better the opportunities are taken into action.