When Your Best Is Not Good Enough

The following was a post on FaceBook that summed up how may feel:-

"This whole issue with the Minister of National Security feeling helpless and calling for divine intervention is something else and has rubbed me the wrong way. But…..You know I have to say, I am happy he was honest when he said "his best efforts" did not reap the desired results. I wish the many others who are tired, idea-barren, unskilled, visionless people we have in parliament would do the same. First step to growth and renewal is to admit when your efforts are not enough. Everyone in PNP jumped up that he did his best! How do we quantify or qualify “best.” Your best at cooking chicken maybe a well done 5 lbs pot-roasted roster seasoned to perfection and cooked to the bone. My best maybe the same roster placed on the dinner table golden brown but raw inside. Should I then get an award, pat on the back or a pass because that raw chicken that no one can eat is my “best?” We evaluate based on results and successes. We don’t evaluate students based on their own understanding of what is best. You know what I do when a child tells me he did his best but got below the class standard or desired outcomes? I show him other strategies of how to take that “best” to better or fix the devil of laziness in him!!! So we need to be honest and actually take note of his statement. Can he manage the task? Is it too big for him? Does he have the skills needed? What background experience and transferable skills does he possess to lead the ministry? It is full time politicians stop being cabinet ministers and allow skilled professionals to lead. The people of Jamaica are getting exactly what they want – Sis P to run the place like how a mother runs her house. A mother protects her child no matter what. I see them protecting everybody who do wrong – you can’t talk about them or else people vex with you! They are public figures so they are who we must talk about and leave your neighbor’s private affairs alone! I wish however that we would run the country like how successful business operates – return on investment!! If you have an employee and you are not getting the ROI then he has to go. Why do you think we have so many tired lazy teachers in school? (that is for a next time). We need to do better as leaders! Oh, I forget! We don’t need to do better. We can always prostitute the names of Usain Bolt, Bob Marley, jerk chicken, coconut water, white sand beach ad borrow IMP money!"