Your Best is Good Enough... This Time

Ever notice how people say "be the best you can be" or "just do your best" all the time? These sayings are the antipodes of the truth. What if your very best is constantly failing (in school) or getting fired one time after another (at work)? Is doing your best supposed to make you feel better about problems? Is that the way you are supposed to live your life - by impeding any chance of success by limiting yourself to the 'best'?

You should always strive to do better than your 'perceived' best. Human evolution has allowed us to always improve and change. So, what was your 'best' yesterday is less than your best today. Don't believe me? Do you think that your best on a 2nd grade math test is the same grade you would get today? Of course not.

You are culpable for your own actions. No one can tell you that you should do your best - because your best is constantly changing as you learn. If you take anything from this post, I hope it is this: Do not preclude the change, growth and improvement that can happen if you are not limited to your 'best'.