This is an article about a shared vision, and how having a common goal that is greater then each individual and greater then just making money can create alignment and outstanding performance. A few weeks ago I was reading old articles form my home town newspaper. At this point I should mention that I am from a small Kibbutz in Israel called Ein Shemer which was founded in 1927 by a group of 54 young pioneers who came from Poland. The articles were as old as the 1930s and all the way to the 1970s. Reading these articles made me think of what these young people who settled in the early years were sacrificing and why were they doing it.