The enemy of great?

Most people answer fear of failure. But if you think about fear of failure is the enemy of starting something. Which of course would prevent greatness so that has real truth in it.

But the real enemy of greatness only rears its head once you have started. And that enemy is called “good enough”.

We often stop trying to improve something once we get “good enough” at something. And on some tasks that is fine. But if it is important to your goals, then “good enough” can be a killer. On the things that are important we should look as “good enough” as a milepost on the road that ends at “great” and we should not accept anything less.

We all have a lot to do and the allure of stopping at “good enough” is tempting. Because it is, by definition, good enough. And it is much harder to get from “good enough” to “great” then “just started” to “good enough
Greatness is not an easy trip, but it is an amazing one that we can make together as a team. It takes the willingness to call out this enemy directly by name and recognize that being good can often be limiting factor instead of a leaping point to greatness.

So we must force ourselves to honestly look at our major goals and force ourselves to commit to defeat the enemy that is “good enough”. Refuse to accept it as a destination and commit to watch “good enough” turn into a blur as we pass it on the path “great”. Tough? Yes. Challenging? Yes. Worth it? I think you know the answer.

Greatness… that is where we are going.

Let’s get moving.




Note: Credit to Michael Alloso's great seminar "You on your best day" that posed this insightful question