I chose this blog title for 2 reasons:
1. A brilliant forward that I received a few months ago (The Sculptor story that you will get to read below).
2. The title is also the name of a fascinating business book written many years ago by the Management Guru, Tom Peters.
Organizations, teams or individuals - The ultimate word for all of them is "Success" and people are madly in pursuit of this word. No doubts, we are on the right track when have a clearly defined goal, have a written plan of action and do interim evaluations during the journey. After doing all that some of us still don't get there and keep wondering where the hell did I / We go wrong?.
We all know that Usain Bolt holds the world record in 100m athletics clocking 9.58 Sec at the Berlin World Championships in August 2009. If I were to ask you who came second in that race, not many of us can remember. Who cares anyway? Thats how Success gets defined in this world - "Position 1". Most people who don't make it are really in pursuit of this No.1 spot and thats's precisely why they don't get there.
Usain Bolt, Roger Federer, Sachin Tendulkar, A.R. Rahman, Bill gates or Steve Jobs - Listen to them speak. None of them had an obsession to Numero Uno. Every one of them followed their Passion, searched for Excellence in their chosen field and Success came towards them. I thought there is no better way to explain excellence than share this little story:
A German once visited a temple under construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do u need two statues of the same idol?". "No", said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first got damaged in the final stage". The visitor examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?", he asked. "There is a scratch on the nose of the idol" said the sculptor, still busy with his work. "Where are you going to install the idol?".
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar 20 feet high. "If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?", the gentleman asked. The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the visitor, smiled and said, "I will know it".
Remember, Excellence is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency.
Delight yourself first to delight people around you. Most importantly, make your choice NOW!
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