Striving towards Excellence

Imagine Shane Warne stopping his stunningly disciplined daily practice regimen and still hoping to win the IPL? Just think about Tiger relaxing his extraordinary commitment to never-ending refinement and improvement of his golf game? Ridiculous you say. And yet how many of us-on the playing field of business and life - are devoted to daily practice? Few.

Seems so obvious yet so few get it: how can you get better if you don't practice? To get to world-class, you need to work at it. Daily. Relentlessly. Passionately. Success doesn't just occur - it's created.

All about The 1% Win. A few little improvements each day - created through your daily practice - amount to staggering results over time. But just hoping you'll get to great as a leader (and human being) is nothing more than magical thinking - a waste of time. Like hoping you'll be a better skier or golfer or pianist without working at getting better. Read the book Slight Edge to see the repercussion of what we do on a day-to-day basis.

Athletes get better through practicing their sport. Leaders get better by cultivating their craft. By elevating their skills. By deepening their impact. By consciously Stepping Toward Extraordinary. Until they get there.