Cuidado com as generalizações (parte I)

Há quem diga que o problema é por sermos portugueses, há quem proponha que o problema seja da cultura católica.
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Acabo de ler o último livro de Kotter "A Sense of Urgency" onde se relatam vários casos de falsa urgência, comandada pela ansiedade e medo, e de complacência na protestante sociedade americana.
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True urgency focuses on critical issues, not agendas overstuffed with the “important and the trivial. True urgency is driven by a deep determination to win, not anxiety about losing.”
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“When people have a true sense of urgency, they think that action on critical issues is needed now, not eventually, not when it fits easily into a schedule”
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“A big reason that a true sense of urgency is rare is that it’s not a natural state of affairs. It has to be created and recreated. In organizations that have survived for a significant period of time, complacency is more likely the norm. Even in organizations that are clearly experiencing serious problems, devastating problems, business-as-usual can survive. Or it can be replaced by hundreds of anxiety-filled, unproductive activities that are mistaken for a real sense of urgency.”
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“Complacency is almost always the prduct of success or perceived success. Complacency can live on long after great success has disappeared. Perceptions do not have to be accurate.”