Mediocre Standards Are Not Acceptable
The prevalence of the acceptance of mediocre standards in society has become overwhelming. Educators continue to pass on students who cannot read Basic English, compose simple sentences or perform the simplest of mathematical calculations. Employers, fearful of possible litigation, hang on to employees whose performance is merely average or their behavior even worse. It often seems that the general populace will endure deplorable levels of service rather than take the time to report it to management. How often have you personally tolerated substandard service and failed to take any action to report or correct it?
The exact date or timeline when mediocre standards became acceptable in our society is a mystery. Why do executives permit mediocre performance in their workplaces? Why are consumers satisfied with average or second-rate service? Who says that ordinary, median standards are an acceptable nucleus in the fabric of our lives? If you poll the population as to whether they believe mediocrity is acceptable, they will respond in the negative, but aside from their response, their actions condone the acceptance of the mediocre standards.
People are not born mediocre! Apathetic environments, at home, at school, socially and in workplaces, create the Petri dish from which the acceptance of mediocrity grows. The acceptance of nominal performance and the lowering of quality standards by managers will allow employees to stagnate and be compensated for minimal productivity. Consumers who tolerate nominal levels of customer service while paying premium prices for products are also fueling the mediocre train that millions are riding. Executives who spend more time trying to motivate managers than develop strategy are also creating environments where mediocrity is king. Parents who reward median and failing grades - ones who don't involve themselves in their offspring's education - are just as guilty of condoning the mediocrity that is invading societies worldwide. Website owners who fail to utilize professional copywriters for their web content or post text that is garmmaticall incorrect, contains misspellings and improperly conjugated verbiage also feed the mediocrity growing in the virtual community.
Success requires more than a mediocre effort. Mediocrity will not encourage people to think beyond the commonplace, it will not encourage creativity to develop unique solutions to obstacles. In a volatile economy, companies that condone mediocre performance will at best plateau, stagnate or, even worse, fold. The time has come to end the mediocrity that exterminates businesses, creates apathetic cultures and is creating a populace that accepts the ordinary, the average and second-rate performance as an optimum outcome.
It is up to each citizen, each employee, every educator and all parents to set new standards, to raise the bar of what is an acceptable outcome. Consumers must voice their disapproval of inferior products and poor customer service by abstaining from purchases, returning faulty products and demanding improved service standards to retain them as buyers. They must utilize their right to vote to eliminate politicians who don't get the job done. Parents must discipline inappropriate behavior in their children and foster a loving environment that promotes respect and personal responsibility. Educators must not only teach our young, they must do so with fervor and passion, instilling a greater desire for attaining knowledge in youngsters. Teachers who are not passionate about their occupation will never generate that passion in others. Employers must reward the exceptional efforts made by their exceptional employees and rid their companies of dead weight. If an employee consistently fails to attain set goals, has behavioral issues, disrupts team focus or lacks the ability to be motivated beyond a mediocre standard, then it's time to replace that worker.
Only when the majority of the members of our society determine that mediocre standards are no longer acceptable, will we see the elimination of this apathetic approach to life, business and education.
The exact date or timeline when mediocre standards became acceptable in our society is a mystery. Why do executives permit mediocre performance in their workplaces? Why are consumers satisfied with average or second-rate service? Who says that ordinary, median standards are an acceptable nucleus in the fabric of our lives? If you poll the population as to whether they believe mediocrity is acceptable, they will respond in the negative, but aside from their response, their actions condone the acceptance of the mediocre standards.
People are not born mediocre! Apathetic environments, at home, at school, socially and in workplaces, create the Petri dish from which the acceptance of mediocrity grows. The acceptance of nominal performance and the lowering of quality standards by managers will allow employees to stagnate and be compensated for minimal productivity. Consumers who tolerate nominal levels of customer service while paying premium prices for products are also fueling the mediocre train that millions are riding. Executives who spend more time trying to motivate managers than develop strategy are also creating environments where mediocrity is king. Parents who reward median and failing grades - ones who don't involve themselves in their offspring's education - are just as guilty of condoning the mediocrity that is invading societies worldwide. Website owners who fail to utilize professional copywriters for their web content or post text that is garmmaticall incorrect, contains misspellings and improperly conjugated verbiage also feed the mediocrity growing in the virtual community.
Success requires more than a mediocre effort. Mediocrity will not encourage people to think beyond the commonplace, it will not encourage creativity to develop unique solutions to obstacles. In a volatile economy, companies that condone mediocre performance will at best plateau, stagnate or, even worse, fold. The time has come to end the mediocrity that exterminates businesses, creates apathetic cultures and is creating a populace that accepts the ordinary, the average and second-rate performance as an optimum outcome.
It is up to each citizen, each employee, every educator and all parents to set new standards, to raise the bar of what is an acceptable outcome. Consumers must voice their disapproval of inferior products and poor customer service by abstaining from purchases, returning faulty products and demanding improved service standards to retain them as buyers. They must utilize their right to vote to eliminate politicians who don't get the job done. Parents must discipline inappropriate behavior in their children and foster a loving environment that promotes respect and personal responsibility. Educators must not only teach our young, they must do so with fervor and passion, instilling a greater desire for attaining knowledge in youngsters. Teachers who are not passionate about their occupation will never generate that passion in others. Employers must reward the exceptional efforts made by their exceptional employees and rid their companies of dead weight. If an employee consistently fails to attain set goals, has behavioral issues, disrupts team focus or lacks the ability to be motivated beyond a mediocre standard, then it's time to replace that worker.
Only when the majority of the members of our society determine that mediocre standards are no longer acceptable, will we see the elimination of this apathetic approach to life, business and education.
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