Wednesday; January 31
Are we too willing to accept a low standard? It seems like that, to be satisfied, we have convinced ourselves that we have to reduce our expectations. Whether it is to fill our ranks at the office or advance some of our children through the educational system, we have decided to be okay with “OK”. Rather than expecting people grow and develop it has become easier to just accept what they claim is the best they can be. Instead of requiring people to elevate what they can do, we accept whatever they have done. I understand that each individual should be evaluated on their own capabilities, but when we fail to encourage exceptional work, we are going to end up having to live with substandard results. When we are willing to lower the standard, we are going to have to learn to live with a subpar product. I realize it is easier to just go along with the flow, but if we ever hope to raise the bar in our society we are going to have be okay with saying, “No, this isn’t good enough.”. Th