Do You Want to Be Great?

Few want greatness. It's too demanding. It requires sacrifice. And mostly, excellence requires change in how we think, how we act, and how we communicate.

Some don't want excellence or leadership because they don't want the spotlight or they don't want to be called 'bossy' or worse. 

Those who are great leaders don't proclaim their greatness. Usually, they're 'WE' people not 'I' people. They attract followers and grow leaders. 

The following are from an online review of James Clear's Atomic Habits. Habits define us - how we organize and invest our time, our positivity or negativity, our exercise and rest, our work-life balance. 

“Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.” (Annotation - seek 1% improvement daily)

“You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.” (Work on process improvement.)

“Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat.” (Do more to become more.)

“Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.” (30 minutes of reading daily put you in the top four percent of readers.)

“Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results.” (Be action-oriented.)

Lagniappe. Watch the video. Take notes about how you can improve. Do a baseline spike touch (chalk a finger). Practice the technique. Recheck your touch.