I mentioned the non-competitive spirit explicitly, because these days, excellence is a fashionable concept. But excellence is a competitive notion, and that is not what we are heading for: we are heading for perfection.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What is excellence? It is about going a little beyond what we expect from ourselves. Part of the need for excellence is imposed on us externally by our customers. Our competition keeps us on our toes, especially when it is global in nature.
It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.
Excellence is about fighting and pursuing something diligently, with a strict and determined approach to doing it right. It's okay if there are flaws in the process - it makes it more interesting.
Excellence is a great starting point for any new organisation but also an unending journey.
I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.
Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.
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.
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.