Flitter flutter flounder – if you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up elsewhere. “Elsewhere” is not excellent living, at best it is mediocre living, at worst it is lazy living.
Each of us has the tremendous gift of freedom of choice. Choices have consequences. Today, you can make the choice of being unstuck in this “mire of mediocrity” and to pursue a life of excellence. How to? Firstly, recognize the signal :-
1) You do what you feel like doing, which is usually nothing. You want everything to be easy. You approach things passive
2) You say “I’m okay. I’m just as good. Everybody is doing the same.” You dont rock the boat. You stay “status-quo”
3) You do what is right. Your desire to excel is exclusive whether someone else appreciates it or not. It is a drive from inside, not outside, for your own satisfaction and efficiency
Which one are you? Now, draw a line separating your past and make the choice to move forward as a person of excellence. Consciously choose to Leave Laziness, Cut Out Mediocre, Be the Best – become Excellent. Let me leave you this story of “Excellence” :-
A tourist while walking about this huge cavern spied a sculptor making an statue. Suddenly he noticed a similar statue lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statues of the same?” “No,” said the sculptor without looking up, “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage.” The tourist examined the statue and found no apparent damage. “Where is the damage?” he asked. “There is a scratch on the nose of the statue” said the sculptor, still busy with his work. Curious, the tourist propped further, “Where are you going to install the statue?”
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high. Feeling kind, the tourist state it gently, “Sir, if the statue is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?”. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the tourist, smiled and said, “I will know it.”
I challenge you to become a Person of Excellence.


