Beyond mere responsibility, or even reliability, is diligence: the active expression of vigilance. It is a state of constant focus and attention to important details. It is excellence irrespective of ... Read More about Being Diligent and Meticulous
Week 25: Excellence
Exhibiting Facility
Facility is an element of excellence. The ability to move quickly, and seemingly without effort, is the eyebrow-raising characteristic of the person who excels at an activity. Facility is also an ... Read More about Exhibiting Facility
Being Versatile
The ability to do one task well is valuable. The step beyond that, into excellence, is characterized by the ability to perform many tasks well – to contribute to the whole in whatever may be needed. ... 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
The third stage of development is not easily defined. The second draws the distinction from the mere capacity to perform at some level, into the capacity to perform with at least passing skill and ... Read More about Being Proficient – Excelling