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GOODBYE ORDINARY
Rejecting Virtuous Mediocrity in Leading Nonprofit Organizations
Sample Chapters
Just Chill - We're Nonprofit
Why do some nonprofits believe that being effective means paying low wages, using broken computers, neglecting staff training, and having run-down offices? It's frustrating to see these organizations prioritize saving money over fulfilling their mission.
Regardless of being a nonprofit, what truly matters is your ability to deliver on your mission.
The We Can't Culture
In pursuing our own personal journey toward our own goals and aspirations, one fundamental truth reigns supreme: your thoughts will shape your reality.
If you believe that you can’t get that job, or you can’t lose that weight, it is guaranteed that your belief will become your reality. It will be a self-inflicted wound that you have chosen to trap yourself in that mindset.
Doomed to Failure
American minister and civil rights leader Benjamin Mays understood this. He said, “The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It is not failure but aiming too low, that is life’s greatest tragedy …”
Half Empty
The saying "seeing a glass as half empty or half full" refers to how people view life. Everyone looks at the same glass or situation, but their inner feelings shape their perspective. The glass is the same for everyone, yet some choose to be positive (glass half full) while others are negative (glass half empty) about it.