Excellence is consistency disciplined by judgment.

RESILIENCE

WHAT THIS MEANS

Doing something the same way every time is not excellence on its own, since you can be consistently mediocre. What turns consistency into excellence is judgment about what is worth being consistent at, and the willingness to change the standard when the standard is wrong. Reliability plus discernment, rather than reliability alone.

Check whether your consistent habits are still the right ones. Some were chosen years ago for reasons that no longer apply. Keep the discipline and revisit the content of it once in a while.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Where do you follow a rule that deserves some judgment?

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