Paying careful attention to detail, without fail, sums up the approach that best leads to success. Negligence is their opposite. Beyond mere responsibility, or even reliability, is diligence: the ... Read More about Being Diligent and Meticulous
Week 25: Excellence
Exhibiting Facility
The ability to move quickly through something, seemingly without effort, is the eyebrow-raising characteristic of the person who excels at an activity. It is the ability to do something quickly and ... Read More about Exhibiting Facility
Being Versatile
Versatility is the ability to do many different - a wide variety of - things. After having played serious drama for so long, I needed to scratch the itch of versatility. [attributed to Noah Wyle] ... Read More about Being Versatile
Taking Initiative – Making a Difference
People can take initiative, and thereby shape their own world, their communities, and the world at large. Initiative . . . is doing the right thing without being told. [Elbert Hubbard] Without ... Read More about Taking Initiative – Making a Difference
Being Intellectually Excellent
Each of us is challenged to make the most of our natural intellectual potential. The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still ... Read More about Being Intellectually Excellent
Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
When the emotions have us fully immersed in life, and all it has to offer, doors open. You don't say to a university professor who is immersed in a particular subject that they should get a life. ... Read More about Being Fully Involved, Immersed in Living
Being Proficient – Excelling
To excel is to surpass. Excellence is the state of attainment at which most others are surpassed. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. [attributed to ... Read More about Being Proficient – Excelling