All sustainable successes are embedded in continuously achieving excellence. Perfection is a forever-moving target and in the pursuit of attaining perfection, we potentially achieve excellence. Excellence, therefore, is never a permanent state or an end in itself. Yesterday’s excellence often becomes today’s mediocrity and hence needs improvement to reach excellence again. But if we wait for perfection, we will never reach it, as our so-called “perfection” can always be improved. True perfection is simply not achievable. But if we continuously strive for perfection, then we’ll continue growing, improving, and bring about excellence.

Quality is a journey, never a destination. Excellence is a path and mindset of constantly achieving, of completing, and then improving — continuously improving our improvements.

Sustainable success comes from understanding that our true competition is not from outside ourselves, but comes from within. It lies in continuously making our best better.