This week’s Pearl of Leadership Wisdom is on…….

Excellence

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
- Aristotle

We are creatures of habit. Habit is powerful and is a great force for good….or bad. Success is measured by the extent to which we reach our goals. That, in turn is determined by what we do…….our behaviours. Behaviours are driven by our attitudes. And our attitudes are HABITS of thought. It’s worth saying that again……our attitudes are HABITS of thought.

We can form habits for the good……..set goals, do all the things we need to do to achieve our goals, develop internal motivation, determination, a winning attitude, and take MASSIVE ACTION…….

Or, we can form bad habits…….don’t set goals or set poor ones, don’t do what we need to do to be successful, or do too little, allow external forces to motivate us, give up too easily, settle for mediocrity and take only MODEST ACTION.

This is our choice. In time, each leads to radically different outcomes.

Psychologists have shown that most habits can be broken and replaced by new ones in only 21 days. Three weeks of discipline and then the habit takes care of itself. A good habit is no more difficult to maintain than a bad habit. Only 21 days to choose a better road to travel. And today is day 1……

Next week…..Goal Setting.

Setting goals is simple. Achieving them can be harder. Learn how to set goals to ensure success……it’s much more than simply being S.M.A.R.T.