Are You Drifting? The Danger Of Settling For "Good Enough"

By Israel Lang, Executive Consultant, HTG Peer Groups

One of the mantras at HTG is the persistent pursuit of excellence rather than attempting to attain the ever elusive state of perfection. We prefer action and movement rather than the paralysis that naturally results from constant analysis.

This week, however, I was reminded of what happens when we drift just a bit and make a trade-off of the “good enough” variety.

You see we had our first snow last Friday. Yes, on Halloween. This reminded me of the 90+ inches of snow we had last winter. My back became sore just thinking about the hundreds of pounds of snow I moved a year ago with my trusty shovel. (One could question why I don’t have a snow blower, but that is a discussion for another day). From early November to late March we had constant piles of snow.

Did I mention that my driveway is almost 1,500 square feet?

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