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The difference between being mediocre and magical is often the differen ce between letting people take creative risk and holding them too tightly accountable. Accountability is important, but it’s not the only thing that’s important.

…knowing where one belongs makes ordinary people – hardworking, competent, but mediocre otherwise – into outstanding performers.

…whatever it is, the forces for mediocrity will align to stop you, forgiving no errors and never backing down until it’s over.

To have all these advantages… and then settle for mediocrity and then defend the status quo and then worry about corporate politics – what a waste.

Moving from great to stunningly great is more inspiring for everyone than moving from bad to mediocre.

…to build a great team that achieves exceptional results, everybody needs to be doing great work. Accepting mediocrity isn’t good for anybody.

If you stop being the scrappy underdog, fighting against the odds, you risk the worst fate of all: mediocrity.

…the financial benefits of self-employment are mediocre: given the same qualifications, people achieve higher average returns by selling their skills to employers than by setting out on their own.

Don’t settle for respectable medictority; seek to exploit every ounce of potential you are entrusted with.

…if you want a great company, you can’t give out free passes for mediocrity. Good enough is never good enough.