Excellence is Self-Explanatory

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We usually find ourselves giving justifications or explanations about something every other day. Don't we?

For Example:

• You wanted to wake up at 6:00 AM. But instead, you wake up at 6:10 AM. 

• Your goal was to make 40 lakhs but you made only 39.

• You appointment was at 4:00 PM but you turned up at 4:15 PM.

• You got 4 marks less than your target in an examination.

In all these cases, there is a similarity - You fall short of your targets. You may need to provide justification and explanations regarding your actions in these cases. Sometimes, you may even argue.

Normally, you have a tendency to explain, justify, reason and rationalise what's not okay as okay.We try our best to prove that something is okay even if it is not. This presses the self-destruction button of your life.

Time and again, this lack of excellence will hurt you very badly in your life and hamper your goals.

You will fall short of your target. Ultimately, you will not be able to do what you are capable of.

To stop this, you need to excel in what you do. Where there is excellence, explanations are not required. Where explanations are not required, rarely do you find excellence.

Precision is possible. Perfection is possible. Sustained excellence is possible. You just need to refuse to settle for anything but the best. Practice perseverance. This is the right mindset and attitude.Always keep this in mind - What's okay is okay and what's not okay is not okay.

Lastly, lack of precision and accuracy should hurt. That which hurts, instructs. That which instructs, creates. This in turn, leads to self-excellence. 

Now, let me tell you an interesting fact about life - If you refuse to settle for anything but the best, life often gives it to you.

Let your work will speak for you. You don't speak for it.

“Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.”

-Swami Vivekananda

“Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mothers of great deeds.”

-Swami Vivekananda

Thought of the day:

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

-Aristotle

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