Editors note: This is a guest post from Jonny at The Life Thing. Enjoy!
Hello readers, I have a confession to make.
I have been meaning to write this long overdue post for my good blogging friend Bud for a very unreasonable amount of time now. In fact, when I started thinking about writing it I was actually on the other side of the world, which will give you a painful indication of just how long it has taken me to get my act together.
I had been putting off writing the post again and again due to the fact that everything I came up with just didn’t seem good enough. I was getting desperate.
Then I Was Saved By Spiderman
My guest post was looking in a bad way, that was until I came across this photo from a recent hockey tour weekend and inspirations struck.
British Hockey tour weekends, like the one pictured above, tend to include one field, around 40 hockey teams, enough alcohol to kill a small herd of elephants and ironically very little hockey playing. This and costumes – don’t ask me why, it is just an English thing.
Now this particular team, in an incredible, possibly sober feat of prior planning had the genius and the commitment to go all out in the costume department and I think the results speak for themselves. If you have never seen a hockey pitch full of spidermen drunkenly attempting to put a small white ball into the back of an only slightly larger target then you, my friend, are missing out.
Even though they were, no doubt, slightly under the influence at the time, this here group of sporting heroes have fallen upon a core component to success:
“If you are going to do something, then do it properly or don’t bother.”
WHY Excellence Is Critical? Like Easy Origami, The Answer Is Two Fold.
1. The demand for excellence has increased.
With the introduction internet the world has become smaller and the access to excellence much more obtainable. This means a half arsed effort on your part is just not going to cut it anymore. To stand out in this new world arena you have to make an impact more then ever before to let your voice be heard. Excellence needs to be instilled in your very life so that whatever you do, you strive to do it to the very best of your ability or just don’t bother.
The world today has no place for half arsed efforts. It requires excellence.
2. Your personal happiness rides on it.
With whatever you do, how does it make you feel when you do something well and then conversely whats the feeling when you do something poorly? Whether it is a client project, a personal project or simple tidying the house and organizing your computer you should have pride in everything you do. Take the time to do a job well and instill this excellence in your life. If you are anything like me you have so many projects and ideas being worked on that it can be hard to find the time to excel. Therefore simplify, focus on the important things.
It is better to do 3 things exceptional well then 15 things very poorly
So Class, To Conclude
The Spider Boys made an impact at the weekend and will be remembered for quite some time because they took the time to go the extra mile – and also because of the sheer amount of alcohol they managed to collectively drink.
If you want to succeed, and more importantly, if you want to be happy, then make sure that everything you do, create and start is done to the very best of your ability.
You will not regret it, but you might if you don’t.
Jonny writes for love of Helping People, Inspiring People and Katie Holmes. He honed his unique writing style through his refusal to read for fear the words would attack him and borrowed his life philosophies from the local stray terrier but plans to give aspects of them back.
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It’s a fine line between excellence and perfectionism. I would say that doing your best, being yourself and following your passion goes a long way. There is of course the factor of strategy, but we all know what I am talking about here
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I think excellence might be a bad word for most people (at least it is for me), because it almost implies that we have to be perfect. With that said, I really liked this post and those spiderman costumes.
Nice job, Jonny!
Thanks Jonny for the short but sweet post.
@Henri: Thanks for stopping by mate. How are you doing dude?
I’m doing awesomely well. What about you?
I learned something new today. I didn’t know people in the U.S celebrated Christmas on the 25th? In Sweden we open our presents on the 24th. Weird.
I’m great man! In China at the moment visiting my family! Heading off to Brazil soon!
Yeah man. Christmas eve is the 24th and the 25th is Christmas day. Most Americans open presents early on the 25th.
Hey, that’s a good point and all, but even though I start and finish everything I feel is important, there’s one thing I constantly lack. Marketing! I really hate the idea of trying to sell my creative ideas or written work. But marketing is a crucial part of the procedure usually and if you ever want to make money off your achievements, it’s THE most important. Anywho, happy holidays, and all the best in 2010!
Hey Jonny and Bud.
Jonny you have brought up a good point here. There is much more excellence around us, so we either have to also bring it, or not expect much. This is a good thing, because it reminds me of how Gary Vaynerchuk once said that no matter how much supply there is, the cream rises to the top.
It sure is better to do 3 things exceptionally well, because then you have solid works of progress to build off of, as opposed to efforts that are not really remarkable or worth building from.
Origami is interesting.