Those who built the good-to-great companies weren’t motivated by fear.They weren’t driven by fear of what they didn’t understand. They weren’t driven by fear of looking like a chump. They weren’t driven by fear of watching others hit it big while they didn’t. They weren’t driven by the fear of being hammered by the competition.

No, those who turn good into great are motivated by a deep creative urge and an inner compulsion for sheer unadulterated excellence for its own sake.Those who build and perpetuate mediocrity, in contrast, are motivated more by the fear of being left behind.

— Jim Collins, Good to Great