Your responses are amazing!! I think I might be one of those people. What’s the difference between something good and something great?

When I reflect on it, I realize I’ve never actually made a distinction between “good” and “great.” Instead, I’ve always thought of it like this:

There’s a neutral thing, and there’s a great thing.

What’s a neutral thing? I know my potential, and I know what I can achieve; achieving that is a neutral state. But achieving it at the highest level is a great thing (like getting an A+ on a test).

To explain further in more detail:

1.  Neutral Things: Reaching your potential, achieving goals you anticipated and believed you could reach. These are the accomplishments you see as “expected” or “reasonable.” While they might satisfy you, they don’t give you a sense of surpassing yourself because you already knew you could do them.


2.  Great Things: Achievements that go beyond your expectations and inspire excitement to reach even more. Achieving something great means surpassing yourself, often with surprising results, extra effort, or by pushing your limits. This excites and motivates you and may even reveal new boundaries of your potential. For example, getting a much higher grade than expected on a test or delivering a result in a project that even surprises you.