excellence - SE Members Blog post - syndication express2024-03-29T07:53:41Zhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/excellenceAre You Doing Your Very Best?https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/are-you-doing-your-very-best2018-11-16T17:13:17.000Z2018-11-16T17:13:17.000ZSandy Blomstromhttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/SandyBlomstrom<div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">Are You Doing Your Very Best?</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">by Sandy Blomstrom</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">John Maxwell’s word today is “Quality”.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt;">The definition of “Quality” is: the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">John mentions that too many people especially those who are gifted and talented make a habit of taking too many shortcuts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-4">We are all tempted to use our gifts and skills in ways that make it easy on us and save time like cutting corners, not doing all the background research, not developing the program to its fullest…. you know what I’m talking about.</span></p><p></p><p><br /> <a href="http://www.ibosocial.com/sanblomstrom/pressrelease.aspx?prid=536230" target="_blank">Read More</a></p></div>Excellence - What is Excellence?https://syndicationexpress.ning.com/profiles/blogs/excellence-what-is-excellence2015-04-01T00:58:09.000Z2015-04-01T00:58:09.000ZNichola Jameshttps://syndicationexpress.ning.com/members/NicholaJames<div><div><img src="http://i1274.photobucket.com/albums/y428/ndjames/excellence%20image_zps6xnkenoc.png" width="300" height="200" align="left" alt="excellence%20image_zps6xnkenoc.png" /></div><div><span>"Excellence</span> is an act won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. <span>Excellence</span>, then, is not an act but a habit.” Aristotle</div><p></p><div>We are known by what we do, not what we say. When we are consistent in our actions specifically in our work ethic, people will take notice. The above quote should resonate within us if we are honest with ourselves.</div><p></p><div>"<span>Excellence </span>is our ever-growing personal and collective best, as an offering to God!" Excellence is more than doing a good job - it is doing a great job! It is not a destination." <span>Excellence</span> is about getting better, growing, improving and giving it your all everyday.</div><p></p><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">“Do your best, and be a little better than you are.” Gordon B Hinckley</span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">“If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?” John Wooden</span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">“Mediocrity will never do. You are capable of something better.” Gordon B Hinckley</span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">“If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.” Martin Luther King</span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span></strong></div><div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">“Anything worth doing is worth doing right.” Hunter S Thompson </span></strong></div><div><span>Excellence </span>describes the furthest end of the quality spectrum. 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Ban words like "talented," "gifted," and "special" from your vocabulary which tend to credit people with some unearned potential and suggest others lack equal possibilities. Schwartz suggest <font> </font></font></strong><font lang="en" xml:lang="en">replacing these words with ones like "effective," "determined," "accomplished," "skilled," "persevering," and "masterful," all of which give due credit to effort.</font></font></p> <p></p> </div> <div> <p><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. <strong><font>Regularly, genuinely, and specifically acknowledge and appreciate people's successes</font></strong>. Encouragement and appreciation are strong motivating factors.</font></font><br /></p> <p><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">3. Provide constant feedback.<font> </font> Make is consistent and specific.</font></font></p> </div> <p><br /><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">4. <strong><font>Encourage and model</font></strong></font></font> <a href="http://hbr.org/2007/10/manage-your-energy-not-your-time/ar/1">intermittent renewal</a> <font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font>throughout the day</font></strong>.</font></font></p> <div> <p><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">5. <strong><font>Create and protect periods of uninterrupted focus. Measure value</font></strong></font></font></p> </div> <div> <p><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><strong><font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> instead of hours worked.</font></font></strong></font></p> </div> <div> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><font lang="en" xml:lang="en">6. Tie the pursuit of excellence to a larger mission</font></strong><b><font lang="en" xml:lang="en">.</font></b> <font lang="en" xml:lang="en">Provide a compelling reason for people to go beyond their comfort zones.</font></font></p> </div> <p> </p> <div> <p><font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As we seek to build our</font> <a href="http://www.sfi1.biz/12232827"><font color="#0000AA" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">home based businesses</font></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">, excellence must be</font></font> <font lang="en" xml:lang="en"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">the hallmark of our performance. 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