Settling For Excellence

I want to talk to you about not settling for being average. It doesn’t take much effort to be above average. Remember there is no substitute for excellence.

Thomas Edison said "Excellence is starting where the last man left off." We have to realize that there is no shortcut to success, because success requires excellence. Excellence is not being the best, but doing your best.

Most people on their road to success get off the road just before the extra-mile. There is never a traffic jam on the extra mile, because most people get off at the exit before. Don’t listen to the other people and what they say you can do with your life, make up your own mind. Let me tell about some other people that you probably have heard of:

Albert Einstein couldn’t talk until he was four years old and couldn’t read until he reached seven. He was described by his teacher as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift in his foolish dreams." He was later expelled from the Zurich Polytechnic School and when he applied for re-admittance, was refused.

Beethoven was not very good on the violin because he preferred playing his own compositions rather than working to improve his techniques. His teacher said, "You are hopeless as a composer."

Fred Astaire took a screen test from the testing director at MGM in 1933. The director wrote a memo: "Can’t act! Slightly bald! Can dance a little!" Astaire had that memo framed and hung over the fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.

You’ve all heard of the stories of people that have overcome the obstacles of life. Remember what Henry Ford said: "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." Failure to hit the bulls-eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim improve yourself!

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Stephan Bourget, Consultant
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