The following six factors can erode the
grandest of plans and the noblest of intentions. They can turn visionaries into
paper-pushers and wide-eyed dreamers into shivering, weeping balls of regret.
Beware!
- Availability:
We
often settle for what’s available, and what’s available isn’t always
great. “Because it was there,” is an okay reason to climb a mountain, but
not a very good reason to take a job or a free sample at the supermarket.
- Ignorance:
If
we don’t know how to make something great, we simply won’t. If we don’t
know that greatness is possible, we won’t bother attempting it. All too
often, we literally do not know any better than good enough.
- Committees:
Nothing
destroys a good idea faster than a mandatory consensus. The lowest common
denominator is never a high standard.
- Comfort: Why
pursue greatness when you’ve already got 324 channels and a recliner? Pass
the dip and forget about your grand designs.
- Momentum:
If
you’ve been doing what you’re doing for years and its not-so-great, you
are in a rut. Many people refer to these ruts as careers.
- Passivity:
There’s
a difference between being agreeable and agreeing to everything. Trust
the little internal voice that tells you, “This is a bad idea.”
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