In Leadership, good enough is pretty bad

Summary: Having a "good enough" attitude is a major obstacle to block leaders. This attitude allows them to avoid the trouble of finding the best ways to get things done. The leaders will be more complete, and achieve more when you avoid "good enough" and to adopt an attitude of having a "strong dissatisfaction" with the way things are.

In Leadership, good enough is pretty bad
by Brent Filson

The first time I meet a leader to decide if we should work together, I invariably ask one question. The answer to this question gives me an idea if we have a productive relationship. The response also tells me how his career as a leader who could become.

I ask: "Are you satisfied with the results you're getting now?"

It 's a simple enough question, but points to a world of difference between the leaders. Because if the answer is "yes" then our meeting will be brief. We'll soon our separate ways. My methods of leadership can not be satisfied with a leader, a leader who thrives on "good enough". These methods can only help if that leader has a strong dissatisfaction with the results h / she is now.

To understand this, we return to the roots: the leaders do nothing more important than get results. If you can not get results, it will be important for long. Someone who can get results is always waiting in line to take your place. If "good enough" is fine with you, you're the closest thing to someone who can not or will not need to get results. Thus, "good enough" is your enemy, "strong dissatisfaction" your benefactor.

I'm not saying you should go around in a funk strongly dissatisfied with everything and everyone. You'd be a real pain. What I am saying was not to be regarded as an end in itself, but part of a natural process to achieve more. Powerful dissatisfaction should not be a downer. It can be a joy. The joy of having the opportunity and the privilege of thinking and acting over again. To be highly dissatisfied, you must be relaxed, open, caring, and humble. Bando "fairly good" by embracing "dissatisfaction powerful" becomes a way that deeply enriches not only be leaders but to live their lives.

Then take a joyful, strong dissatisfaction in your business direction and see the difference it makes in interactions with others and in the results.

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