Excellence means doing something as well as you can do it right now and searching for ways to do it better in the future. If you do that over and over and over throughout your lifetime, you will develop the habit of excellence.

In eight weeks from now I would be speaking to the Honors students at a local high school. The administrators have asked me to speak on the topic of excellence. To be honest, I can't wait. I'm excited about the group and the topic. Here's a preview of what I will say.

Since the word `excellence' means different things to different people, I'm going to start with my definition of excellence just so that we're all working off on the same page.

To me, excellence means doing an activity as well as you can do it right now and searching for ways to do it better in the future.

Consequently, excellence can be achieved at any point in your life. It's in your hands. If you are doing an activity as well as you can do it and you are looking for ways to do it better, you are achieving excellence.

Here are ten habits on how to sustain excellence for a lifetime:

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