Four reasons we settle for 'good enough'

This article is part of the Contemporary leadership series

The moment we stop striving and begin to coast on our good reputation – this is the perilous moment when we settle for 'good enough'. And, this is the moment that, at best, change stops and, at worst, we revert back to our old ways.

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith was selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Management Thinkers in the World by Thinkers50 in both 2011 and 2013. He was also selected as the World’s Most Influential Leadership Thinker in 2011. Marshall was the highest rated executive coach on the Thinkers50 List in both 2011 and 2013. What Got You Here Won’t Get You There was listed as a top ten business bestseller for 2013 by INC Magazine / 800 CEO Read (for the seventh consecutive year). Marshall’s exciting new research on engagement will be published in his upcoming book Triggers (Crown, 2015).