Aim For Perfection, Settle For Excellence

Walt Disney said, “Aim for perfection. Settle for excellence”. Gotta admit, even excellence seems elusive some days. But I keep taking pictures, knowing that some may be blurry – which could be exactly what makes them excellent.

It would seem though, that what Walt really meant was to make excellence a habit. Because if it isn’t, well, it isn’t. A habit is what we think and do, without thinking.

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But Wait, Maybe jeff noel Got It Backwards Yesterday

Was really struggling the past few days. The pressures of a month-long vacation (yes, there can be) and the allure of the warm, tropical Gulf of Mexico water. The hot, sugar-white sand of Sanibel Island. Jimmy Buffett music. Hard-to-let-go-of memories of a perpetual Margaritaville lifestyle.

Maybe our problems are smaller than they seem. Our opportunities, greater.

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Do What You Love?

From the very beginning of arduous study, in the halls of the student union buildings, we prepare university students for their treadmill…

Many career-minded people start out doing what they love, but blind ambition supersedes, causing an imperceptible change in direction.

In the beginning, because the degree of change is so small and innocent, albeit very ambitious, we charge off chasing our career dreams.

When we’re younger, we take on the extra work hours and study – all in the name of climbing the ladder.

Well into a career then, we stay on our treadmill, because we can not afford to get off.

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What Needs To Be Done?

North Cascades Highway, Washington State, 1983
North Cascades Highway, Washington State, 1983

Yesterday’s echo of “find a million ways to do what needs to be done” is critical.

Making tough, thoughtful life decisions seems elusive for most of us.

Do you know what the single greatest challenge is?

Life is unpredictable.

This is why having a strong foundation is so critical.

And being flexible, without sacrificing our priorities, is the midlife mountain we must climb.

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