“Good enough” is a price tag. Check who’s paying it.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Good enough is not a free pass; it is a trade, and somebody absorbs the difference. Sometimes that is fine and the work genuinely does not need more. Sometimes the cost lands on a teammate who redoes it, a customer who gets the sad cup, or you in a month when the shortcut reappears. The phrase is handy because it hides the question of who pays.
When you are about to settle, name the person carrying the gap. If it is nobody, stop and move on with a clear conscience. If it is somebody else, spend the extra ten minutes.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Who ends up paying when you settle for adequate?
MORE IN DISCIPLINE, WORK & STANDARDS
- Willpower loses most fair fights. So stop giving it fair fights. Put the phone in another room.
- Muting the strings you’re not playing is a big part of sounding clean. Sometimes discipline is what you hold back.
- If it took you a month to fall out of the habit, give yourself more than a weekend to climb back in.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.