Good to Great

So I just started reading this awesome book called Good to Great :Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins. 

This is by far one of the best books I've read to date and totally a must read.

And don't be put off by the title of the book because although Collins is a management consultant, this book has a universal application especially in our everyday lives. 

Three lessons/concepts/insights I have garnered thus far:

“When [what you are deeply passionate about, what you can be best in the world at and what drives your economic engine] come together, not only does your work move toward greatness, but so does your life.”

“Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. We don't have great schools, principally because we have good schools. We don't have great government, principally because we have good government. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.” 

“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.”