languish in the business of

English translation: remain merely adequate, not excellent

11:02 Feb 5, 2021

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Science - Management

English term or phrase: languish in the business of

If we continue to spend our time identifying failure as we see it and giving people feedback about how to avoid it, we’ll languish in the business of adequacy.
To get into the excellence business we need some new techniques.

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Selected answer:remain merely adequate, not excellent

Explanation:
That's what it means, though it could have been expressed more clearly. To languish means to stagnate.

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We do.

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remain merely adequate, not excellent

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remain merely adequate, not excellent

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Asker: I can't understand, what remains at adequate level?

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