EXCELLENCE

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EXCELLENCE

• BY DESIGN

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An excellent life does not result from chance,
fate, or good luck, but from a succession
of excellent days lived in pursuit of a worthy
purpose.
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Before I begin

• CHALLENGE

CAUTION
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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice
little he who would achieve much must sacrifice
much he who would attain highly must sacrifice
greatly. James Allen
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What is Excellence ?
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Excellence

• Unusual / Unique
• Valuable
• Superior
• Outstanding
• The Best
• Surpassing all others

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Individuals of Excellence

• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Michelangelo
• Mozart
• Beethoven
• Galileo
• Shakespeare
• Charles Darwin
• Sigmund Freud

• John F. Kennedy
• Martin Luther King
• Mother Teresa
• Gandhi
• Albert Einstein
• Michael Jordan
• Tiger Woods
• Lance Armstrong

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If you want to live a life of excellence
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Continuum of Excellence
Unusual
Unique
Valuable
Outstanding
Superior
The Best
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Studying the lives of people who have achieved
excellence, I have consistently noted that they
have defined their vision, established their
goals, and irrespective of obstacles, committed
themselves to their achievement. The moment in
which they fixed an objective in their mind and
decided to concentrate all their energies on that
objective, they began to surmount the most
difficult odds.
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The Formula for Excellence

• Decided what it is that you really want to
  achieve.

• Determine exactly what it will take to achieve it.

• Focus every bit of energy and effort to achieve
  it.

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It all starts with

• Values

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A Personal Philosophy of Excellence

• You must define in your own words what
  excellence means to you and how you will pursue
  it and measure it in your own life.

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What are some of your values?
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The Importance of Clear Personal Values

• Security
• Laughter
• Truth
• Compassion
• Creativity

• Achievement
• Service
• Community
• Safety
• Serenity

• Honesty
• Fun
• Adventure
• Family
• God

Average Score 9.87
Had written Values 2
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The foundation of excellence is built on.

• Integrity

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What you are speaks so loudly, that I cannot hear
what you say.
People will judge you by your actions not by
your intentions
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THE THREE WATCHWORDS OF EXCELLENCE
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The man who succeeds above his fellows is the
one who clearly discerns his object and towards
that object he habitually directs his powers.
Even genius itself is but fine observation
strengthened by fixity of purpose.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lynton
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FOCUS
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• You must clearly define what excellence is to
  you.
• Your definition must be values based.
• You must have a specific and detailed plan to
  achieve you goals.
• You must be incredibly curious about what it will
  take to achieve your goals.
• You must FOCUS intently on achieving your goals.

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If one advances confidently in the direction of
his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has
imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in
common hours. Henry David Thoreau
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DISCIPLINE
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What you do today, will determine who you will be
tomorrow.
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• You must have the discipline to keep focused on
  your goals regardless of setbacks and
  difficulties.
• You must have the discipline to say NO
• You must have the self-discipline to make
  excellence a habit.
• You must have the discipline to pursue excellence
  even when those around you may not want you to

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YOU BECOME WHAT YOU FOCUS ON AND LIKE THE PEOPLE
YOU SPEND TIME WITH.
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Information
Family Friends School Church Society
Advertising Work
Assumptions
Attitudes
Reactions
Other People Friends Society
Rules Beliefs Mental Maps
Actions
Behaviors / Focus / Attention
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You cannot build a reputation on what you are
going to do.
Henry Ford
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ACTION
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• You cant just talk about excellence you must
  live it.
• If you want to achieve more than others you
  have to work harder and longer there is no
  reward without effort.
• The work of excellence is measured in years and
  decades not days and weeks.

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5,000 people who had achieved a very high level
of personal happiness , success and excellence
Self-Actualization
Achievement
Social / Belonging
Safety
Physiological
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A comprehensive study of high functioning
self-actualizers

• Not swayed by the good / bad opinion of others.
• Process oriented / not outcome oriented
• Take 100 responsibility for their own lives
  0 for the control of other peoples lives

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The road to happiness lies in two simple
principles find what it is that interests you
and that you can do well, and when you find it
put your whole soul into it every bit of energy
and ambition and natural ability you have.
John D. Rockefeller III
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What do you truly want from your life?
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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in
it. Goethe
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Once again, I challenge you

• Strive for a life of excellence, it is a worthy
  pursuit.

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Remember

• You must make the decisions, take the actions
  and have the discipline to achieve your personal
  vision of excellence.

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Focus Discipline Action

• The greater danger for most of us is not that
  our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it
  is too low and we reach it.
• MICHELANGELO

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