So many times I have witnessed talented individuals who are good at what they do for a living just totally settle for good. You also have individuals who have worked hard and long just to be good and they too have settled for the good. Both of the individuals have allowed themselves to just be good when they can stretch or push themselves a little more into greatness. However, they have chosen to do just enough to get by day in and day out. Why, this is to me is the number one reason that individuals lose their jobs or a company’s production declines and soon sending them down in flames; out of business. You see, if your individual productivity is stagnant or your company’s productivity is the same you as an individual or your company are has settled and platoed for good instead of Great, then you are in serious trouble.
Today, just being good is not going to cut in today’s world; you must be Great in order to advance yourself as an individual. Some people wonder why other people come in a company advance pass them even though they have been there before individuals passing them up have, they are passed over for that promotion or pay raise. Why is that? Well, there are several reasons why newer employees or companies for this matter passes them up.
They are “Attitude and Efforts. “Here’s and example you have an individual who has been employed for ten years and an employee who has been employed for three years and the newer employee gets the promotion or pay raise over the ten year employee. Why? Chances are the ten year employee has become complacent and their skills have leveled off or have demished. What has happened and continues to happen is someone has settled for good while someone else has decided to make a Great effort and went for it all; desiring to have more and wanting more than average. Attitude and Efforts are what separates good from Great. I will take an individual who has a Great Attitude and puts forth a Great effort towards the their work/career any day over a talent individual who’s just good. Good people are a dime a dozen… Great people are hard to fine. I have a few suggestions that will help individuals to not jut be good but be Great you must be willing to do the following:
- Develop a “Championship Attitude:” Always give your best efforts and desire to learn.
- Education will catapult your level of success on a job. Learn all you can and never stop learning. Be a student of your business or position!
- Have written goals and clear vision of where you would like to be long term and short term.
- Stay focused always rise above the rest…stay hungry and never settle for good.
- Have a no fear type mentality…when an opportunity presents itself, take the risks and go for it.
- Never apologize to your peers or competition for your success.
- You must be a competitor and always measure your progress.
Remember, nothing else pays you more than being great. So “Don’t Be Good…Be Great.
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