The Best Life

People who possess a spirit of excellence are people who travel the second mile; they are the people who put in that extra effort and expect nothing from it.
There’s a traffic jam on the freeway of the extra mile because the average exit after the first mile and only a few cars travel extra mile.
In [...]

People who possess a spirit of excellence see the big picture without neglecting the small details.
A small leak can sink a big ship.
The mentality of “it’s good enough” is settling for average. Don’t settle for average.
When Michael Angelo was painting a hidden part of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome – a part [...]

People notice those who go beyond average.  In Daniel chapter five we read the amazing wartime story of Daniel’s elevation above all of Babylon.
Daniel’s reputation had preceded him.  The following chapter reveals that the governors could not find fault with Daniel, as he had distinguished himself above all Babylon. Good news travels fast in the [...]

From the previous post.
First, value excellence. When you value something you put a worth on it.  Jesus said your heart is where your treasure is.  He was highlighting how we spend our resource on things we value.
If you value excellence, give your absolute best to everything you do.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 begins, “Whatever your hand finds to [...]

This week spoke to my interns at SURFCiTY College about excellence – they requested I post the notes on this bog, so here’s the first part.
Psalm 8:1
The name of a person in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament, denotes their personality or character.
Psalm 8:1 tells us that God is an excellent God and everything He [...]

Sometimes the thing that God has given you is the very thing that can cause trouble in your life.  But unless you properly discern that the trouble is part of the process to the accomplishment of what God is doing in your life you will never receive all that God has for you, because you’ll [...]

I can’t remember which one, but I know I read this in one of John Maxwell’s books.  It’s good stuff, hope you like it too.
It’s easy to believe in people once they have proved their success.  However, a good leader, I believe, is one who believes in people before they succeed.  I thank God I [...]

There are four things that we can learn from geese about the power of agreement:  Science has discovered why geese fly in V formation.
1    As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an uplift for the bird immediately following.  By flying in V formation the entire flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than [...]

In his article, “Managing your ministry relationships” (Leadership Now; Spring, 2003 p7), Dr. A. R. Bernard writes that John was the one Jesus loved but he wasn’t the one given the mantle to feed the sheep.  That was given to Peter – the disciple who loved Jesus.  There is a very important distinction between the [...]