To stand out, you must be outstanding.

The greatest threat to where you can be is where you have been. Nothing can create failure like success. A lot of minds stagnate after their first taste of achievement. They get comfortable and settle down to enjoy their success. As they do so, they fail to realize that yesterday’s breakthrough could be today’s relic. Are you establishing breakthroughs or nurturing relics?

At a change workshop last week, I showed participants pictures of the very first mobile phone. Well, there was nothing really mobile about it except the fact that it did not have wires connecting it to the wall. It was really big and heavy. We then went through the evolution of mobile phones until we got to today’s smart phones. The difference gave testimony to the fact that you will never know how bad good is until you experience better. Those old phones were once great. Today they are relics.