The Standard of Excellence

If we are to become a person of excellence, then we first should know there is a price to be paid and secondly that a "standard of excellence" must be set. We must without exception, set that standard of excellence and then just do it. You and I can't go through our lives without direction, aimlessly wandering, and believe somehow we will finally end up successful. We must set the standard of excellence for our lives and seek to be all that we can be. The truth is that there are simply attitudes and actions that are unacceptable. Don't allow fear to keep you from setting the standard high; the higher the standard, the higher you will rise.

If we are to live up to our standard of excellence, it will require laying aside those bad habits, breaking free from the day to day ruts and leaving behind the predictable. We will be driven to step away from the mediocre life, seeking "excellence" in all the things we do. It's getting up at 5:00am each morning to exercise, read and pray. It is choosing an apple over candy, it is neatly folding our clothes, it is committing to read 25 books each year, it is developing a new attitude-an attitude of excellence. The lives we live today, are a direct result of our daily decisions to live in mediocrity or in excellence. It has been our choices which have led us to our current place in life. Our health, our relationships, our habits, our jobs...are results of our decisions to live a mediocre life or a life of excellence.

If we are to be successful, living with the highest standard of excellence, then we must make the choices that will lead us out of mediocrity. The standard of excellence we set will determine our rise out of mediocrity, and how much of our potential we will fulfill. What will you continue to accept in your life? Will you make the choices needed to break free and enter the extraordinary life. The life of excellence.