Not doing our best but better than the competition

"We all remember Neil Armstrong. But do you know who was the second man on the moon?" Viru Sahastrabudhhe (aka ViruS) asked his class in the movie 3 Idiots. "Never mind, nobody remembers who came in 2nd."

This is just human nature. People like to compete whether they are 6 or 60.

"Do your best," I often hear people say.

Doing your best may not be good enough. It's just like sports. Say we are talking about bowling. If the best a bowler can do is 100, then sorry folks, it just ain't good enough. He's not going to win, no matter who he knows or how smart he is.

We all compete in some kind of marketplace - be it the World Cup or business - and doing our best is not what's required. We have got to be better than the competition. We've got to be the best.