(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) ASSOCIATED PRESSWhen it comes to merit, achievement, and excellence in the gymnastics world, Simone Biles is literally changing the game. As a result, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) updated their ranking system to account for the unquestionable difficulty of this move. It turns out that creating rules to stifle excellence is an all too common, cross-sector approach to limiting competition. The “if you can’t beat them, change the rules” mantra is not limited to sports. Instead of changing the rules to limit excellence, what if our knee-jerk reaction to excellence, merit, and achievement was to exhibit more excellence, show greater levels of merit, and accelerate achievement?

Source: Forbes October 08, 2019 12:56 UTC