Quotes About Excellence

EACH OF US IS BORN INTO GENIUS. Sadly, most of us die amid mediocrity

in my mind, the best you can do is all you can do. Once you've done that, go home and have a good night's sleep

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Greatest People

Hard is good. Real greatness and the realization of your inherent genius is meant to be a difficult sport. Only those devoted enough to go to the fiery edges of their highest limits will expand them.

Leadership has nothing to do with what you get or where you sit. Leadership's a lot more about how brilliantly you work and how masterfully you behave

There's a ton of competition in ordinary, but almost none in extraordinary

The best, in any endeavor, appreciate the fact that your good name is branded onto every piece of work that you release. And they get that you can't put a price tag on people saying superb things about you.

Hay una gran competitividad en el nivel ordinario, pero no hay casi ninguna en el nivel extraordinario.

La implementación: Durante los siguientes noventa días, prográmate para invertir los primeros noventa minutos de tu jornada laboral en la única actividad que, cuando la realices de un modo excelente, te permitirá dominar tu sector. Este período de noventa minutos debe estar completamente libre de cualquier ruido o interrupción. Coloca tus dispositivos electrónicos en una bolsa marcada «para mi Regla 90/90/1» y déjala

Rise and shine so you'll escape the misery of mediocrity" written at the top in red.

Here's the real gift from your excellence and devotion over the sixty-six or so days: the willpower you were using to lay down the early-rising habit is now freed up for another world-class behavior, so you have the chance to grow even more productive, prosperous, joyful and successful

money is really only the by-product of standing for the finest within you and doing some SEW.

I am more of a doer than a talker, more of a deliverer than a dabbler, more of a pro than an amateur. I know that monuments are made one stone at a time. And so I start. And stay concentrated, grounded and centered. For many hours at a time, without being distracted by nuisances. And in so doing—no matter what the outcome—I've realized a central victory. Over my darker self. And the weakness that once bound me.

Listening is a master skill for personal and professional excellence. Leaders listen.

The grade of work you offer to the world reflects the strength of the respect you have for yourself.

what makes the best the best is not their genetics but their habits.

If everyone was satisfied with themselves, there would be no heroes.

The past does not determine your future and a change towards personal excellence can happen in the blink of an eye if you will make a firm commitment to raising your life to its highest level.

Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.

Developing high awareness around the things that we do and having a painstaking approach to making our work perfect. Refining the details. Sweating the little points. Producing with precision rather than being unprofessional and careless. Underpromising and overdelivering. Taking immense pride in our craft. Going deep and embracing—to use your words—granularity versus superficiality.

y nos invitó a todos a que nos comprometiéramos no solo a ser los mejores en lo que hacíamos, sino también a tratar a cada persona con una cortesía exquisita y un respeto extraordinario.

leaders are those individuals who do the things that failures aren't willing to do—even though they might not like doing them either.

Dedication and discipline beats brilliance and giftedness every day of the week.