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Summary: Having a "good enough" attitude is a serious stumbling block for leaders. Such an attitude allows them to avoid hard work of finding better ways to accomplish things. Leaders will be more accomplished, and will accomplish more, when they eschew "good enough" and adopt an attitude of having a "powerful dissatisfaction" with way things are.
In Leadership, Good Enough Is Pretty Bad by Brent Filson
The first time I meet a leader to decide if we should work together, I invariably ask one question. The answer to that question gives me an idea of whether we'll have a productive relationship. The answer also tells me how career of that leader might turn out.
I ask, "Are you satisfied with results you're getting now?"
It's a simple enough question, yet it points to a world of difference between leaders. Because if answer is "yes" then our meeting will be brief. We'll quickly go our separate ways. My leadership methods can't help a satisfied leader, a leader who lives by "good enough." Those methods can only help if that leader has a powerful dissatisfaction with results h/she is getting now.
