BUSINESS BLOG

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." — Aristotle If excellence had a marketing department, I suspect it would be much more exciting. It would promise dramatic transformations. Lightning bolts. Epic movie soundtracks. Perhaps even someone running triumphantly up a mountain in slow motion. Instead... Excellence usually shows up wearing comfortable shoes. It quietly asks,"Are we doing this again today?" Not exactly the blockbuster we were

"Nothing is impossible; the word itself says 'I'm possible'!" - Audrey Hepburn The word "impossible" has always seemed a little dramatic. It bursts into the room wearing a flowing cape and announces: "Well... that's never going to happen." Our brains are surprisingly willing to believe it. We tell ourselves: "I'm too quiet." "I'm too old." "I'm too sensitive." "I'm too far behind." And before we've even taken the first step, Impossible has already unpacked its suitcase and ma

But success, in real life, is much less dramatic. In fact, it's almost suspiciously ordinary. It usually looks like folding the laundry instead of pretending it has become part of the furniture. It looks like writing one page instead of waiting for inspiration to descend from the heavens.