Striving for Excellence
Excellence is the quality of excelling, of being truly the best and great in something.

Achieving excellence is never easy to do. Excellence is a quality that people really appreciate, because it's so hard to find. It is the gradual result of always striving to become better.
Striving for Excellence involves trying to put quality into everything you do, and this attitude tends to separate the achievers, who make rapid strides in their career from others.

“Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident” – said, Dr.Abdul Kalam. Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends.

Academic excellence is more than just making good grades. It is the ability to perform, achieve, and excel in scholastic activities. But, excellence is not just limited to your academic excellence but goes beyond into your professional, business, social life in general like Excellence at the Workplace, Business Excellence etc.

Whatever is your discipline, become a student of excellence in everything.

Take every opportunity to observe people who are masters in something.

These models of excellence will inspire you and guide you towards the fulfilment of your highest potential.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential,
these are the keys that will unlock the door of personal excellence. Always seek to excel yourself. Put yourself in competition with yourself each day. Each morning look back upon your work of yesterday and then try to beat it. Following are some tips on striving for excellence:

• Have the hunger for excellence.
• Benchmark against the best.
• Believe that you can do it.
• Build concrete strategy & plans.
• Go all out; Work really hard.
• Stay focussed.

And finally, don’t chase success, pursue excellence and success will come looking for you!!

- T V N Asha Murthy