Where Does Personal Excellence Begin?
By Jonathan Wells
personal excellence begings on the inside
Personal excellence is an interesting concept, but what does it actually mean? It means striving to become the best possible expression of who we are on a core level. How is it that we go about
creating personal excellence in our lives? Do we just need to figure out the best strategy and then commit ourselves to following through on it no matter what?
Certainly, a well thought out plan of action is an absolute necessity when striving to make improvements in the quality of your life. We’ve all heard the expression “those who fail to plan, plan to fail.” However, as valuable as a good strategy is, this is by no means the first step toward personal excellence.
Personal excellence begins on the inside
The first step toward relative personal excellence starts with self-examination. We need to understand our own strengths and weaknesses. Do our personal beliefs empower us to reach our goals or do they sabotage us right from the beginning? Do we really understand our own deeply held values and standards?
Do we know ourselves well enough to recognize why we want to make certain changes in our lives or why personal excellence is even important to us? Are we certain that our motives are in harmony with our values?
Personal excellence involves motives, values and standards
The quality of our life today is a reflection of our past motives and values. Moving toward personal excellence requires that we be willing to raise the bar on our standards. The only legitimate way to expect more from life is to be willing to give more. Living by higher standards means more is required; it demands that we become more in order to achieve more.
Relative personal excellence is not about becoming perfect. It’s about becoming the best possible version of ourselves. Learning to be honest with our self is the beginning of progress. When we clearly see who we are and take responsibility for our own values and beliefs, we come to recognize that we actually live in a world of our own making.
Because our personal version of reality is an accurate reflection of who we are, we know that change begins internally. To change our world we must start by changing ourselves.
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