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A Quest For Excellence

This week we share a powerful message from best selling author, Jon Gordon. What we love about Jon's message is that it is contrary to what society tells us. Society tells us that we need to pursue success, we need to do more, have more, be more to be succesful. This will leave most feeling hollow and empty, because no matter how much success you achieve there will always be someone more successful.

The pursuit of excellence gives us another view, one that is most liberating!

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During the past few months I had the opportunity to speak to the University of Clemson football team, the University of Oklahoma Women’s basketball team and The Atlanta Falcons. In my talks I shared that the best of the best make their life and work a quest for excellence and that there is a difference between success and excellence.

Success is often measured by comparison to others. Excellence, on the other hand, is all about being the best we can be and maximizing our gifts, talents and abilities to perform at our highest potential.

We live in a world that loves to focus on success and loves to compare. We are all guilty of doing this. However, I believe that to be our best we must focus more on excellence and less on success. We must focus on being the best we can be and realize that our greatest competition is not someone else but ourselves.

For example, coaching legend John Wooden often wouldn’t tell his players who they were playing each game. He felt that knowing the competition was irrelevant. He believed that if his team played to the best of their ability they would be happy with the outcome. In fact, John Wooden never focused on winning. He had his team focus on teamwork, mastering the fundamentals, daily improvement and the process that excellence requires. As a result he and his teams won A LOT.

A focus on excellence was also the key for golfing legend Jack Nicklaus. His secret was to play the course not the competition. He simply focused on playing the best he could play against the course he was playing. While others were competing against Jack, he was competing against the course and himself.

The same can be said for Apple’s approach with the iPod, iPhone and iPad. When they created these products they didn’t focus on the competition. Instead they focused on creating the best product they could create. As a result, rather than measuring themselves against others they have become the measuring stick.

We have a choice as individuals, organizations and teams. We can focus on success and spend our life looking around to see how our competition is doing, or we can look straight ahead towards the vision of greatness we have for ourselves and our teams. We can look at competition as the standard or as an indicator of our progress towards our own standards. We can chase success or we can embark on a quest for excellence and focus 100% of our energy to become our best... and let success find us.

Ironically, when our goal is excellence the outcome and by product is often success.

If your business needs support pursuing excellence, give us a call. We're here to help! 

Have a great week unless you choose otherwise.

Drago

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Watkin Motors - www.WatkinMotors.com
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Briar Design & Construction - www.Briarrenos.com
Spa Utopia - www.SpaUtopia.ca
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Prestigious Properties - www.PrestProp.com
Ralph's Auto Supply - www.Ralphsauto.com
Royal City Jewelers & Loans - www.Rcj.ca
Sunshine Coast Health Centre - www.Sunshinecoasthealthcentre.ca
Sears Carpet & Upholstery Care - www.Searscarpetcleaning.ca
SureSlim - www.SureSlim.ca
Surrey Golf Club - www.SurreyGolf.com
Tell Del - www.TellDel.com
Tourism Surrey - www.TourismSurrey.com

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Success Profile

This week's success profile is Vancouver Giants color commentator, Bill Wilms and BC Golf News Editor, Barry Sharpe.

After years of talking and planning they have launched a new website and radio program called, The Christian Athlete: My Story.

The new radio program airs on 10 radio stations throughout Western Canada on the Golden West Radio Network. The program is designed to interview different athletes and give you a glimpse into their lives, careers, backgrounds and share their stories about their lives and faiths.

Being a Christian and an ex-hockey player I found Bill and Barry's project very inspiring and I hope you will enjoy listening to the different stories of some very well-known athletes.

Here is a great interview with Vancouver Canucks player - Dan Hamhuis
 
To listen to more great athlete's interviews visit www.TheChristianAthleteMyStory.com


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