The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks Chris Widener: “For Successful People, Good isn’t Good Enough.”
Dec 18, 2025
Chris Widener, a motivational speaker and author, dives into the core values of integrity and excellence. He illustrates how small lapses in character can lead to major failures, using inventive dam analogies. Widener emphasizes that excellence isn't a mere option but a habit shaped through conscious choices, impacting both personal growth and relationships. He challenges listeners to actively create their legacies and notes that it's our character, more than persuasion, that truly draws opportunities and connections.
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Good Never Replaces Excellence
- Excellence, not 'good', attracts opportunity, relationships, and money.
- Successful people understand higher levels exist and strive beyond mere adequacy.
Integrity Means Being Whole
- Integrity shares a root with 'integer' and means living a whole, undivided life.
- Small integrity cracks, if ignored, expand and can bring down your life like cracks in a dam.
Dam Cracks Illustrate Integrity Failures
- Chris Widener recounts students studying structural engineering and dam cracks from his mother's workplace.
- He uses the dam-crack example to show how small integrity issues can become life-breaking failures.