Thoughts about the Status Quo

During a long drive today, I had some time to think about the status quo, tradition, and people who justify their actions because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”

Here are some thoughts about that:

If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll never achieve more than you ever have. In fact, the law of diminishing returns says that you’ll continue to succeed less and less.
People who maintain the status quo aren’t driven by satisfaction – and certainly not the satisfaction of their key stakeho...