We should not accept mediocrity, That's not us!!
One of my best quotes from Colin Powell is about mediocrity. He says ‘any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity’. And I agree. Being average is a fatal thing, if the majority of people around you settle for less than perfect, you will end doing the same, even if there was chance for you to be excellent. Unfortunately, the same is true with being orderly, law abiding and conforming to acceptable social etiquette. The moment we are tolerant to anti-social behavior and transgressions, many of us start doing the same and at times even worse. I have noted this to be true especially within our communities in the last 30 years. Over time, we have accepted and become tolerant to some misbehavior, those who now speak out against these misdemeanors are called out – as if they are the ones who are wrong. We are paying the price of accepting mediocrity in our communitie...