Good is the Enemy of Great

 

In a recent Newsline you write "Too long we have accepted mediocrity in our spiritual lives. We have accepted shallow attempts at prayer, casual efforts at worship and service, we have generally come to expect nothing spectacular from God and that is what we receive."

 

In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins writes:

"Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great.We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.  The vast majority of companies never become great, precisely because the vast majority become quite good---and that is the main problem."

 

I will presume the same can be said concerning the activities you write about.