A Lot of Excellence for a Little PriceWritten by Tony Papajohn
Summary: We achieve excellence when we habitually do a little more than required.Do you want to be excellent? This seems like a daunting task, but it really isn’t. We admire one who is excellent. We imagine that he or she must be gifted with an “excellence gene” that somehow places this individual in a more rarified atmosphere than mere mortals. With possible exception of history’s great geniuses, this view could not be further from truth. It will actually keep us from our own excellence because it erroneously places excellence in realm of heredity rather than volition. Excellence is result of habit of excellence practiced over time. Excellence is grand accumulation of lots of little excellence episodes. An “excellence episode” is any instance when you take a little extra time, apply a little extra touch, and extend a little extra effort to insure that your work is very best you can do. This does not make your work perfect, classic, or timeless. It just makes it best you can do. And, over time, that will make it excellent.
| | 5 keys to stopping you procrastinating...or notWritten by Anne Walsh
I was going to write this article last week but then I put it off . One issue that comes up regularly with my clients is issue of procrastination but quite often they put off thinking about it! I see this as being side-effect of a number of issues including amount of choices we have nowadays, fear of making wrong decision, fear that choosing one thing automatically excludes something else and that killer in general: fear. In this article I plan to address 5 keys to help you stop procrastinating. It’s OK to procrastinate! Yep, you read that right. There are plenty of times when it is a good idea to take time to consider your options and to clarify your thoughts. Acknowledge that perhaps your procrastination habit has saved you from making bad choices. It may have stopped you enjoying other things but that’s another day’s work. Accept and enjoy your own procrastination! You may find that as an interesting side-effect you begin to procrastinate less… Most choices can be changed Do you realise that most airplane flights are on wrong track 90% of time? And how do they manage to reach their destination safely? Simple, when they go off track, they notice and then move back onto right track. You have same option. Most decisions you make can be reversed or changed. For example even if you choose a career that is not for you, it can be changed. Yes, it’s frustrating but you have gained invaluable self-knowledge and you never know when that experience could prove useful! Notice and adjust!
|
