
excellence, actually 26 Lessons on Excellence to Jump Start 2026
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Jan 1, 2026 Discover 26 powerful lessons designed to elevate your pursuit of excellence as 2026 approaches. Engage deeply with pursuits that align with your values and redefine your approach to discipline, treating the process of work as the true victory. Learn to embrace repetition and discomfort while finding joy in the journey, and prioritize intrinsic growth over external accolades. Explore the importance of curiosity, flexible routines, and wise modeling while focusing on building a career characterized by cumulative achievements.
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Definition Of Excellence
- Excellence is involved engagement directed at pursuits that align with your values and goals.
- It requires deep focus, intention, and choosing meaningful mountains to climb.
Choose Consistency Over Heroics
- Prioritize consistency over intensity by stacking many good days instead of chasing heroic single days.
- Build a reputation for showing up because decades of effort beat one-off heroics.
Build Discipline Like A Skill
- Treat discipline as a skill you can train by showing up and doing what you said you would do.
- Use constraints to sacrifice some negative freedoms and gain positive freedom to pursue your potential.





