If there are no unimportant days (see yesterday’s message), then there certainly are no ordinary moments. Every moment counts. If you treat each one as an opportunity to do your best, then you set the stage for excellence. That’s what I told the 180 hiring managers at Wynn when we opened: they interviewed 55,000 applicants in 5 weeks – that’s an average of 3 interviews every minute, and each one counted. I told them: ask good questions.; listen carefully to the answers; pay attention to the body language; focus; there are no unimportant decisions in each of those moments. That was then, this is now: you may not be interviewing hundreds of applicants, but every one of your professional decisions matters – don’t treat any of them as ordinary. They affect others, they’re a reflection of you, they’re your responsibility. It’s what every coach tells every player in any game – go out there and do your best, every time. Do that and you or your team have a chance. Mistakes may happen – learn from them and apply that to your overall knowledge and competence. And adjust accordingly. That’s what it takes to be your best every moment of every day. That’s the key to excellence today.
Dan Millman (born 1946): American author and lecturer in the personal development field.
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