Category: Excellence
Browse all articles in the Excellence category. Here you'll find insights, tips, and exploration of topics related to excellence.
Explore diverse perspectives on excellence through practical advice, thought-provoking analysis, and real-world examples.
Excellence Is Rented, Not Owned: The Rent Is Due Every Day
Grandma's cast iron pan lasted 60 years with daily care. My 'lifetime warranty' pan died in 18 months with neglect. Excellence isn't owned—it's rented. And the rent is due every single day.
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Stop Adding Features: Why Subtraction Creates Unfair Competitive Advantage
Every feature you add slows every decision. Every process you maintain steals focus. While everyone accumulates complexity, strategic subtraction creates unfair competitive advantage. The lighter you are, the faster you move.
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Eudaimonia: Human Flourishing vs. Happiness in Modern Leadership
Most leaders chase happiness and end up empty. Ancient wisdom reveals why: they're pursuing the wrong goal. Eudaimonia, human flourishing, transforms everything about how you lead and why it matters.
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Creating Environments for Excellence: The SPACE Model
Excellence isn't just about individual character, it's about creating environments where excellence becomes natural, inevitable, and sustainable for everyone. Here's how leaders architect the conditions for human flourishing.
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Arete: Why Excellence is a Way of Being, Not Achieving
The Greeks understood something we've forgotten: excellence isn't something you achieve, it's something you become. This fundamental shift changes everything about how you approach work, leadership, and life.
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Arete & Eudaimonia: The Cornerstone Philosophy of Excellence
The path to true excellence isn't found in quick fixes or surface, level achievements. It's discovered through the ancient wisdom of arete and eudaimonia, principles that have guided the greatest minds for over 2,000 years.
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