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While digesting my turkey dinner, I had time to reflect on this past year and what it has meant for me. While I was in Montreal a couple of weeks ago, I was given what I thought was an award for lifetime achievement. It was, in fact, an award for excellence, not lifetime achievement. What?s the problem? You might ask. Excellence is excellent, isn?t it? Well, I found it hard. Lifetime achievement seems like everyone should get one since getting through life is an achievement. But excellence? You have to feel excellent, I thought, to deserve such an award. And I always feel like I?m on the verge of excellence without quite achieving it. This feeling was as true for me this year as it has been in the past. I always feel like I?m reaching out for my very best.
In fact, I?m writing this to you from Nashville where I am attempting excellence in music. I feel like I?m almost there, but I?ll have to wait for all of you to tell me if I have reached excellence or not. So it?s the search for excellence that I?m concerned about post Thanksgiving.
So why don?t you write in about what kind of excellence YOU are searching for this coming year. I?m interested in what you?re trying to achieve and be better at in your lives. To me, the search for excellence is always just beyond our grasp, like the proverbial carrot on a stick. But it?s still fun to try, isn?t it?
Come to the board and let's discuss this.
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