Actions have consequences. The policies you put into practice, the decisions you make on the job, the structures you design for life in the field–these will yield results.  Sometimes good, sometimes bad.  You have to own up to all of them, the good and the bad, and that means allowing the results to inform the policies you implement, the choices you make, and the systems you enact.  When an idea works, study it so you know why it works.  If it doesn’t, determine what went wrong.  Be willing to revise how you do things based on the results your actions bring.  Lasting success demands no less.