It is amazing that so many businesses don't care enough to raise the bar, and be the best in their industry.
I've always wanted to be the very best in the industries I compete in, I don't want to be down the list.
When I was a young man and someone first presented the concept of the 80/20 rule to me, I found that intriguing, and I would never be caught dead in the 80 percentile, I want to be in the top 20%.
In fact, I believe in that 20% we could take another 80/20 rule, which means that the top 20% would be 4% of the people in the industry.
And out of the 4% of the top performers and best companies in the industry, I want to be in the top 1%.
Call me a Vince Lombardi follower if you will, but there is no reason you shouldn't be number one or two in your entire industry.
If you aren't there yet, that's where you should be shooting for, settling for less is irresponsible, and settling for mediocrity is nothing to write home about.
I always thought Jack Welsh was right when he said that General Electric's business units would be either number one or number two in the industry.
If they couldn't do that, GE would sell those business units.
That was a heavy statement, and at the time many shareholders didn't like that idea.
Now, that statement has been repeated in MBA schools across the country as the best way to play it.
I agree.
If you want the best in your industry, and you are not number one, then you should be number two right behind the leader, ready to pass them.
Now then, some could say the reason I think this way is because I used to run the mile in track in both high school and college.
As a track star you don't run the race to be number two, you run the race to win it.
If you are number two in the race towards the end, the reason you are right behind the leader, is so you can pass their butt just before the finish line winning the race.
There's nothing wrong with winning, but there is definitely something wrong with losing.
There is something wrong with mediocrity.
If you aren't leading by example and raising the bar in your industry, I am just wondering what the hell you think you are doing there.
Because all you're doing is taking up space, and quite frankly that's unacceptable.
You need to be the best at whatever it is you are doing, or perhaps you need to find something else to do.
Do I make myself perfectly clear? If I am clear on that and you agree with what I'm saying, then you may contact me by e-mail and we can discuss how you can get this done in your industry.
But if you are willing enjoy being amongst the 80% of those that are taking up space, I'm certainly not interested in talking to you because you don't even respect yourself enough to try.
Please consider all this and think on it.
I've always wanted to be the very best in the industries I compete in, I don't want to be down the list.
When I was a young man and someone first presented the concept of the 80/20 rule to me, I found that intriguing, and I would never be caught dead in the 80 percentile, I want to be in the top 20%.
In fact, I believe in that 20% we could take another 80/20 rule, which means that the top 20% would be 4% of the people in the industry.
And out of the 4% of the top performers and best companies in the industry, I want to be in the top 1%.
Call me a Vince Lombardi follower if you will, but there is no reason you shouldn't be number one or two in your entire industry.
If you aren't there yet, that's where you should be shooting for, settling for less is irresponsible, and settling for mediocrity is nothing to write home about.
I always thought Jack Welsh was right when he said that General Electric's business units would be either number one or number two in the industry.
If they couldn't do that, GE would sell those business units.
That was a heavy statement, and at the time many shareholders didn't like that idea.
Now, that statement has been repeated in MBA schools across the country as the best way to play it.
I agree.
If you want the best in your industry, and you are not number one, then you should be number two right behind the leader, ready to pass them.
Now then, some could say the reason I think this way is because I used to run the mile in track in both high school and college.
As a track star you don't run the race to be number two, you run the race to win it.
If you are number two in the race towards the end, the reason you are right behind the leader, is so you can pass their butt just before the finish line winning the race.
There's nothing wrong with winning, but there is definitely something wrong with losing.
There is something wrong with mediocrity.
If you aren't leading by example and raising the bar in your industry, I am just wondering what the hell you think you are doing there.
Because all you're doing is taking up space, and quite frankly that's unacceptable.
You need to be the best at whatever it is you are doing, or perhaps you need to find something else to do.
Do I make myself perfectly clear? If I am clear on that and you agree with what I'm saying, then you may contact me by e-mail and we can discuss how you can get this done in your industry.
But if you are willing enjoy being amongst the 80% of those that are taking up space, I'm certainly not interested in talking to you because you don't even respect yourself enough to try.
Please consider all this and think on it.