The pursuit of...

"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends." Brian Tracy 


I agree wholeheartedly with this quote... I know nothing of the man that said it but I like it.  Read it again...  You cannot become excellent, it is something to constantly strive for.  I am sure there are a 1,000 different ways to look at something like this, and I am most certainly not a philosophy guru.  


Lets look at this in the light of 3 areas of life.
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                1st-  Your work.  What do you do at job to be better?  Do you strive to improve for your sake as well as your employer?  Or do you sit at your desk and surf the internet or play games, wasting your time and ultimately stealing money from your employer?  Maybe you dont have a desk.  Do you hang out at the job site and just chat or let some of your work slide because no one will ever find out?


                 2nd- What about yourself?  Do you take time to continue your learning?  What just because you dont have to go to school anymore doesnt mean you dont keep reading, and learning.  Are you trying to be a better person?  Constantly trying to improve as a husband, a wife, a father, a mother?  If not you shouldn't be one.  Do you workout?  Do you take a little time each day to try to make yourself healthier so that you can be with your family longer?  Provide for them better?  Get off your lazy butt and play with your kids or take your wife out?  Make all the excuses that you want, but everyone has time to exercise, they just have to make it.  


                  3rd- Spiritual life.  I dont know where everyone stands that reads my blog here, but this one done correctly will help the rest fall into place.  Actually if you really look close enough all three of these are intertwined.  You cant really have one without the other.  As a Christian I cant help but to relate that the pursuit of excellence is a pursuit for Christ.  To attempt to model your actions and your life after God himself, is to constantly try to reach the unattainable, but you still reach, and you try to get a little closer each day, making yourself a little bit better every day.  


Just as the quote says there is no end to that journey, it is your responsibility to keep trying.   Sometimes you will lose, or do something stupid, but its only failing if you stop there.  Pick yourself up, stop wining, and keep going. 


When you set out to not only improve your life but to improve the lives of all those around you, you create something wonderful, and people from all over will come to be a part of it.