Global leaders on sustainable development recognize that if we are to collectively reach sustainable goals, we need human growth and transformational skills. Being human has many dimensions, and the outside perspective must be balanced by the inner perspective. At the core, human selfishness, greed and apathy create barriers to progress. To deal with them requires a spiritual and cultural transformation. "As Einstein said, 'We are never going to be able to solve our problems with the same order of consciousness that created these problems.' "