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The Power of Excellence

Written by: Terry Yoffe

Article Overview: The one ingredient that turns the ordinary to extraordinary is merely a commitment to excellence

The Power of Excellence

As I think about last year and the accomplishments I achieved, I asked myself four questions:

• How did these accomplishments serve me?
• How much effort and energy did I put into these accomplishments?
• Were the results mediocre or excellent?
• And, what could I have done differently to change the ordinary to extraordinary?

The one ingredient that turns the ordinary to extraordinary is merely a commitment to excellence. Excellence in our career simply requires that we constantly produce results beyond the ordinary, always going beyond our limits. It will change your results to that of having the quality of life in which you thrive and grow, rather than believing that an average or mediocre result is acceptable.

As you ponder these questions, what answers do you come up with and what could you have done differently that would have created a more positive outcome?

Take a moment and think through what were the two or three things that you truly wanted to accomplish in your professional life last year but didn't? How would your career, job responsibilities or business decisions have shifted had you put more effort into creating excellent results? Perhaps you would have gotten that promotion that you were angling for, or made that big sale that you envisioned happening or through a better laid out strategic plan, you could have landed that one big account that might have made a significant difference in your business.

One of the great philosophers, Aristotle sums up Excellence quite succinctly:

"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence, then, is not an art, but a habit"

Assuming this is true then you might wonder in what perspective you have been standing. How will you look towards the year ahead? What impact would this perspective have on your decision to make sure that your accomplishments moving forward truly serve you and your goals? What changes could you make right now that will shift your average to excellence performance? And more importantly, what are you doing that keeps you from creating extraordinary results?

The question is "Are you willing to embrace and accept who you are right now and then step into your own excellence." You can take charge of your life and leave the ordinary in the dust! Often, just by changing your perspective, mediocrity can be become excellence, and you can step into the Peak Performer that is within you.

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