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.
