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Killer quote on mediocrity

Published about 6 hours ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader, I heard this quote last week and immediately sat up and wrote it down.

Mediocrity is invisible until passion shows up and exposes it
- Graham Cooke

This describes exactly what I tend to see in a lot of organizations.

Owners and leaders are quietly frustrated with the results they are getting from their team.

Despite what everyone wishes were true about their companies, mediocrity is more common than we'd like to admit.

The number one thing that people ask me about getting help with is accountability.

The dirty secret is that mediocrity and accountability are two sides of the same coin.

Leaders have more influence over their company culture than they give themselves credit for. Accepting a culture of mediocrity is a slow creep over years. At some point people cared and did their best, but with less challenge and lower standards, the culture slips in to mediocrity and accountability vaporizes because it isn't required in order to get by.

Humans are very efficient at how they use calories and no one will burn excess energy to work hard when the bare minimum seems to be what everyone else is contributing.

Don't accept mediocrity. That was not the standard you set. It's just where you've devolved into. You have the power to invigorate your company culture with passion and reset the expectations of the team.

It will take some work and you need to help people form new habits, but it's worth the invetsment.

Have a productive Week!
Todd

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