This phrase became popular after Tom Wolfe’s book about the space programme – The Right Stuff, 1979: ‘One of the phrases that kept running through the conversation was ‘pushing the outside of the envelope’… [That] seemed to be the great challenge and satisfaction of flight test.’
The envelope here isn’t the container for letters, but the mathematical envelope, which is defined as ‘the locus of the ultimate intersections of consecutive curves’.
The point is that an envelope is that which envelops. To push the envelope is to attempt to extend the current limits of performance. It is about innovating or going beyond commonly accepted boundaries.
To push the envelope is to break the restrictive routine and use the out-of-the-box approach. Too often, we limit our potential by playing it safe. We must step outside the framework and discover greater prospects.
Enhance your prospect scope
Choose to push the envelope!
~ Pravin K. Sabnis
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