The Definition of Good

You want to work for a good company, right?
You want to go to a good school, right?
You want to live a good life, right?

Yes, of course.

But what does good mean?

Does good mean top of a list like Fortune 500, Glassdoor, or US News & World Report? Does good mean test scores, funding, or demographics? Does good mean beliefs, bank account, or healthspan?

We talk at each other like we all know what good means. Like, “You know it when you see it.” What we find, however, is that your good and my good may not align, and we get confused. So we seek others whose good looks like ours.

Once we all congregate around our definition of good, we can get down to the business of working, learning, and living a good life. The right way.

Funny how the right way always seems to come with a leaderboard.