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title: The Trap of Good Enough
created: 2025-12-14T08:56:00
modified: 2026-01-25T16:14:18
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> _“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” — Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (科學怪人)_

> _[“All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful.” — Flannery O’Connor](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/139057-all-human-nature-vigorously-resists-grace-because-grace-changes-us)_

> _[“You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Roy T. Bennett](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7733758-you-never-change-your-life-until-you-step-out-of)_

> _[“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists. It is real. It is possible. It’s yours.” — Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged](https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7139-do-not-let-your-fire-go-out-spark-by-irreplaceable)_

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[@collinsGoodGreatWhy2001]_

> _“Good is the enemy of great. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life.” — Jim Collins, [Good to Great](https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/1094028)_

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[@gilbertPeculiarLongevityThings2004]

[The “Good Enough” Paradox: A Science-Backed Life Trap \| The Curiosity Chronicle](https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-good-enough-paradox-a-science-backed-life-trap)

> The 3/10 job, 3/10 relationship, or 3/10 life forces change. We respond to alleviate the intensely negative experience.
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> But the 6/10 endures. You drift. You tolerate. You wait. The peril of “good enough” is real, simply because so few people ever do anything to change it.
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> It takes [courage](courage-is-knowing-what-not-to-fear.md) to step away from good enough to find what you’re meant for.

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The reason most people never change is because they’re [too attached to who they’ve always been](be-ready-to-change-your-mind-completely-at-any-given-time.md).

The worst prison in the world is having the talent and intelligence to achieve something great but lacking the [courage](courage-is-knowing-what-not-to-fear.md) to go out and do it.

> _“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don’t belong.” — Mandy Hale_

<mark>The worst thing in the world isn’t being on a bad path. The worst thing in the world is being on a good path that isn’t yours.</mark>

The bad path screams for change. The good path that isn’t yours sits in silence.

Reinvention takes courage. [^1] Reinvention starts with release. You can’t build a new life with old wiring. Letting go is the real first step.

Nothing changes if nothing changes. If you change nothing, nothing will change.

Change requires death: The death of old beliefs, old habits, old environments.

Reinvention has a cost of entry. Pay it with pride.

[^1]: 放棄，其實比堅持更難；因為放棄需要理由。