Dissent Decree » excel http://www.dissentdecree.net Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Mediocrity and Excellence http://www.dissentdecree.net/2009/01/18/mediocrity-and-excellence/ http://www.dissentdecree.net/2009/01/18/mediocrity-and-excellence/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:31:29 +0000 Mike http://www.dissentdecree.net/?p=97

Mediocrity
Mediocrity is all-inclusive and indiscriminate. Its natural home is the committee.

Excellence
Excellence is exclusionary and discriminating. It can only result from the capacity to say no and the willingness to do so.

Michael Maurer Smith

© Michael Maurer Smith 2009 

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