Good is not Enough. Greatness is the only way to Excellence

Here's a quick nugget of advice for you. Don't be good. Be great.

Greatness is the only road to excellence. If you choose to be only good, your success will be sub-par. Every day seek out and employ ways to strive for personal greatness. Most of us know the good way to do things. Now let's ask ourselves, "What's the great way to do things?"

This is a serious warning. Beware the temptation to settle for good enough. Why would you settle for less than you can have anyway? It's like saying that you'd rather have the treetops rather than the heavens. Aim as high as you can and give it all that you have. Don't waste your time with "good enough." You would be cheating yourself and everyone around you.

One way that you can aspire to be great is by going after your dreams. So many of us have had our dreams stolen from us over the years that we become complacent and feel forced to do only good enough. And many times, it is difficult to be asked to dream again. But we must dream. And we must go for our dreams. It is our dreams that fuel our desire to be great. You must have a dream.

What makes a dream a dream? We must find that something inside of us that motivates us and pushes us forward to greatness. We must find our passion. If we spend our days working towards things that we are not passionate about, then we are wasting our time. 

Sit down. Grab a pencil. Make a list. Write down all of things that are most important to you in life. Write down all of the things that really move you emotionally. Think of all of the people that are dearest to you in life. What can you do to help them the most? You have to find your dream, your passion. Brainstorm. When you finally think of that one thing that really, really moves you, it should be so dear to your heart that it causes you to get a lump in your throat and become misty-eyed. It is then that you will have found the seed of your passion. And this seed of passion is what dreams are made of.

Now you that you have your dream, expand it. Dream big! Don't dream small. Remember, being good stops being great dead in its tracks. Dream big! It would be a shame if you wound up being less than your true potential. We are seeking out our true potentials and we are going after them. Dream big. Choose to be Great. 

Have a GREAT day!