Best and Better

It is generally held that you have to be the best, perform best and set the best goals. But I believe that if you are the best then it blocks all further scope in improvement. Best represents a finality and an end in itself. Because it is an end and hence there is no scope for further improvement. At best what you can do is to maintain the best in the best. It represents status quo and leads one to a feeling of being comfortable with the present state of affairs and will impede all further progress. This feeling will lead to complacency. a complacency can only be removed by lighting a fire or a sense of urgency only. We should believe in becoming " better and better". I personally believe that the worst enemy of better is best. Better in comparison to yesterday, last year , in our practices, procedures, thinking or even competitors. Best represents a goal whereas better represents a process and because it is a process of doing things, which we wish to make it better hence there is no limit to improvement. The comparison in better is with our own self, our own values , mission and the way of doing things. Better represents a continuous transformation, which has no end in itself. It is this better and better which creates a sense of passion in the minds of people to strive for continuous improvement and higher goals in order to make them successful in their careers, the workplace a better place to work. Passion comes when you love and enjoy your work, which comes out of feelings , which is due to your thought patterns and thought patterns can only be better if they are under continuous transformation, which is conveyed by the words " Better and Better".