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Bret L. Simmons, Ph.D.Estate Planning SourceSeptember 23, 2014
Personal Excellence
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What is excellence?
“People do the right thing even when no one is looking over their shoulder” (Sutton & Rao, 1994)
Robert Quinn
Excellence is a form of deviance…You become excellent because you are doing things normal people do not want to do. You become excellent by choosing a path that is risky and painful, a path that is not appealing to others.
Permission
Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games
Babe Ruth
Sigmoid Curve (Charles Handy)Sigmoid Curve (Charles Handy, 1995)
Discipline of The Second Curve
“..always assume that we are near the peak of the first curve and should therefore be starting to prepare for the second” (p.57)
Support Doubt Resist0
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Integrity
Excellence is a form of deviance
DO things others are not willing to do
Questions?
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