If doing something with second-rate effort satisfies you, find something else to do - where only your best effort will satisfy you personally.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If you go to a second-rate place, and you are first-rate, it is very difficult to do first-rate work because you do not get that critical feedback you need for first-rate work on a daily basis.
If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.
I just find that the harder you work and the more effort you put into yourself, the better you'll be.
On occasion we need to make a second effort - and a third effort, and a fourth effort, and as many degrees of effort as may be required to accomplish what we strive to achieve.
As long as you give your best effort, I feel like that's all you can do.
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.
If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.
I'd always much rather be second choice on anything because it makes you work harder.
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.