Are You Committed to Excellence?

     Let’s take this and the next four posts to “step aside” our line of reasoning on business matters for awhile and consider aspects of achieving excellence within our business life before we continue to look at specific areas of business operations.  Even if you have heard of the term 'committed to excellence', do you fully understand what it means? The following quote is from Aristotle and defines what excellence is.

     "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." 

     Immediately you can see that excellence is a habit, and any habit can be formed. The best way to create a new habit is by setting yourself new goals and creating a plan of attack. Let's see how you can do this.

     First you want to define your reasons, or why, for wanting to commit to excellence. Does this pertain to your business, your family life or for some other reason? If it helps you should write down your reasons and your “why fors” in your wanting to achieve success in this particular area.

     If your goal is to be committed to excellence within your business there are some simple actionable steps that you can put into place. If your business consists of clients, then get into the habit of demanding more from yourself than they do of you.

     You can easily please your clients by doing any of the following:

·         Giving more value

·         Over delivering

·         Finishing the work ahead of schedule

·         Adding in a bonus

     Another way to improve your business through excellence is by portraying a professional image. Is your website, logo, brochure information, business cards etc all up to date and modern looking? If not this is one simple area to improve upon.

     Customer service is another area where you can offer excellence. Make sure you have a great customer service center, whether online or offline. It is very easy to set up online help desks today. You can even create one using Google+ Hangouts or some other type service.

     By delivering quality customer service to your clients and your customers you can easily provide excellence. Always respond to tickets in a timely fashion and never get angry at the customer, regardless of the situation.

     If you want to excel in your life then you can start by attempting to put forth the best effort you can. If you do this consistently you will have that air of excellence surrounding you. This will rub off on other people and they will begin to view you in a different light.

     Remember to create those habits that need to be performed that will provide you with the excellence you are seeking to achieve.  Then persist in carrying through with these habits on a regular basis.

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"We never loose if we 

always try to be better."