All of us aspire to be passionate about living a life of excellence. However, excellence itself is a way of life, not a destination.

1. LESSONS TO EXCEL IN LIFE
All of us aspire to be passionate
about living a life of excellence.
Setting goals, overcoming
challenges, getting results,
celebrating the victories - these
make living so rich and worthwhile.
However, excellence itself is a way
of life, not a destination. There’s
always room for personal growth.
Our potential is limitless, and it’s up
to us to tap into it. Here are my top
30 ways to live a life of excellence…

2. YOU HAVE TO STAND BESIDE YOURSELF, 100%, EVERY DAY
Self-respect, self-worth and
self-love. There’s a reason
they all start with “self.” You
can’t receive them from
anyone else. You are GOOD
enough, SMART enough,
ATTRACTIVE enough, and
STRONG enough. Believe it!
Own it! And never let
insecurity and negativity run
your life. There will always be
someone who tells you that
you can’t do something. Your
mission is to smile and prove
them wrong. One smile at a
time.

3. NOTHING GREAT EVER COMES FROM A COMFORT ZONE. PERIOD.
If you want to stunt your
growth and feel stuck in the
same place forever, keep
making excuses. If, on the
other hand, you want to stop
feeling trapped, you have to
start doing things that make
you uncomfortable – things
you aren’t very good at.
There is no excuse for
remaining stuck. Life is too
short. Ask yourself if what
you’re doing today is getting
you closer to where you
want to be tomorrow.

4. FIGHT FOR IT
Do what’s right, not what’s
easy. Short-term adversity
and failure are two of the
surest stepping-stones to
life-long success. Things
can change if you want
them to, at any age. Hard
work and persistence - It’s
a small price to pay for a
changed life.”

5. NEGLECTING YOUR INTERESTS AND PASSIONS IS SELF-DECEPTION
Doing so is like
pretending to be
someone you’re not –
living a lie. Don’t do it.
Live a life you are
proud of. Follow your
excitement. When you
lose yourself in the
things you love, you
will find yourself there,
too.

6. CHALLENGE YOURSELF TO BEAT YOUR OWN PERSONAL RECORDS
No one can do it for you – you
have to choose to use your
wings. Challenge yourself to
be who you know you are
capable of being. Challenge
yourself to follow through – to
live what you preach, to walk
your talk. Don’t worry about
how slowly you feel you’re
heading towards your goals,
or how many roadblocks you
find, or how many detours
you’re forced to take. As long
as you keep doing your thing,
you’re still cruising far ahead
of everyone who’s too scared
to even try.

7. YOUR STRUGGLES ARE REALLY YOUR BEST GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
Know in your heart that there
is strength inside you that is
greater than the troubles you
face. Stay strong. Be positive.
We all struggle sometimes.
Life’s about breaking our own
limits and outgrowing
ourselves to live our best
lives. The more obstacles you
overcome, the stronger you
become. The one who falls
and gets up is so much
stronger than the one who
never fell.

8. YOUR ALLEGED FLAWS WILL OFTEN WORK FOR YOU
The little things about you that
you think are your flaws are
often the reasons others fall in
love with you. Accept your
flaws. Admit your mistakes.
Don’t hide and don’t lie. Deal
with the truth, learn the lessons,
endure the consequences of
reality, and move forward. Your
truth won’t penalize you. The
mistakes won’t hurt you, the
denial and cover-up will.
Flawed and vulnerable people
are beautiful and likable. Liars
and phonies are not.

9. LET GO AND GROW!
Always respect yourself
enough to walk away from
anything that holds you
back and no longer grows
you. Thank your past for
all the lessons, and move
forward. By leaving behind
your old self and taking a
leap of faith into the
unknown, you find out who
you’re truly capable of
becoming. You can’t grow
unless you’re willing to
change. You will know
you’re on the right track
when you become
uninterested in looking
back.

10. WORK THROUGH YOUR FEARS AND TAKE
CALCULATED RISKS
No matter how long you get
to live, life is relatively short.
And before you know it,
you’re going to be dust. And
the janitor gets buried next to
the doctor. And all that really
matters in the end is how big
you showed up and how
bold you were. Because
when you’re taking your final
breath, what will fill your
heart with the greatest regret
in that final moment is all the
risks you never took and all
the opportunities you never
had the courage to explore.

11. BALANCE YOUR TIME WITH YOUR PRIORITIES
There will always be more
than one option and more
than one obligation
competing for your time. You
must find the balance that
works best for you in your
unique situation – the right
balance between activity and
rest, work and family, passion
and money, short-term and
long-term goals, getting
things done and leaving them
undone. Without balance
everything falls out of whack.

12. A SMALL ATTITUDE CHANGE ALWAYS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE
Those who move forward
with a positive spirit will find
that things always work out.
In any situation, it’s not your
specific circumstances that
shape you, it’s how you
react to your circumstances.
You can’t direct the wind,
but you can always adjust
your sails. When it rains
look for rainbows, when it’s
dark out, look for stars.
Making a habit of this takes
time and practice, but the
positive effects will change
the trajectory of your life.

13. WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS
Stop from time to time
and ask yourself, “Is it
true?” It’s funny how
humans can wrap their
mind around things and
fit them into their version
of reality. Thinking
something does not
make it true. Wanting
something does not
make it real. So watch
your thoughts.

14. PUT AS MUCH POSITIVE ENERGY AS YOU CAN IN THE PRESENT
Be at peace with what has
been. Doing so enables you
to focus your energy into
making the best of what can
be. Get beyond your worries
about what may or may not
happen, or what other
people might think of you.
Invest yourself in the real
and present actions you can
take to make a positive
difference. Your life is too
important to waste on things
you can’t do anything about.
Put your efforts into present
opportunities.

15. LET NEEDLESS STRESS REST IN PEACE
Would you like to have less
stress in your life? Then quit
creating it. Rather than jumping
at the chance to be offended,
choose to be amused. Instead
of filling your thoughts with
resentment, fill your heart with
forgiveness. If someone is rude
to you, let it be that person’s
personal problem and not
yours. Quickly grow beyond
each disappointment, while
savoring and sharing each joy.

16. RELAX! YOU WILL GET ALL YOUR ANSWERS ONE
DAY
Many of your biggest
questions can only be
answered through
experience. Regardless of
your age or stature, life is
always filled with
unanswered questions. It
is the courage to ask
these questions and
adventurously seek the
answers that continues to
give life meaning. Have
patience with everything
that remains unresolved
in your heart.

17. MAKE TIME EVERY DAY TO BE ALONE
Sometimes you need to be
alone… not to be lonely, but to
enjoy some free time just
breathing and being YOU.
In order to be one with your
relationships and life’s work,
you have to turn away from
the busyness of the world for
a while. You need to find
solitude to refuel. You must
withdraw into your innermost
self.

18. TRUE WEALTH IS NOT MEASURED IN MONEY
No matter where life takes
you, big cities or small towns,
you will inevitably come
across others who think they
know what’s best for you –
people who think they’re
better than you – people who
think happiness, success and
beauty mean the same things
to everyone. They’ll try to
measure your worth based
on what you have, instead of
who you are. But you know
better than that – material
things don’t matter. Don’t
chase the money. Catch up to
the ideas and activities that
make you come alive

19. DON’T HOLD YOUR LOVE IN. LET IT OUT
Where you invest your
love, you invest your
life. Love without
limits. Love like there’s
no tomorrow. And if
tomorrow comes, love
again. It’s this love
that makes the
impossible possible.

20. NEVER BE ASHAMED TO SPEAK UP
Don’t hold all your thoughts
hostage. Anything that’s true
in your mind – feelings, fears,
etc. – is mentionable to a
good friend, and anything
that’s mentionable can be
more manageable. When you
can talk about how you feel,
your thoughts become less
overwhelming and scary, and
more understood. The good
friends you trust with these
important talks ultimately help
you realize that you’re not
alone in this world

21. BE SELECTIVE IN YOUR BATTLES
Peace is often better than
being right. – Sometimes we
choose to be wrong, not
because we really are
wrong, but because we
value our relationship more
than our pride. When two
people who care about each
other fight, both are wrong.
They have put some kind of
superficial outcome over
love and compromise. The
one who apologizes and
makes up first, is the one
who is right.

22. KEEP THE RECKLESS EXPECTATION OF PERFECTION IN CHECK
If you always look for perfection
you will always look unhappy, in
all walks of life. And this is
especially true for relationships.
So don’t berate people for not
being perfect. Admire them for
not being fake. Even though you
probably get confused
sometimes, you don’t really want
your friends and lovers to be
perfect. What you do want is
people you can trust, who treat
you right – people you can act
silly with, who love being around
you as much as you love being
around them.