Comments on: Take a Break from Being Excellent and Become Something More

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:34:19 +0000

You’re right that excellence is “not enough”. I found that out after writing a few blogs that only my mother would read.

It took a blog challenge on Twitter to get me inspired to do a little more. I learned how to connect the blog to Twitter, use photos to enhance the blog (and what “creative commons” is), and create tiny URLs. More people are stopping by to read it now, and I’m posting much more often. Stretching and growing, I’ve found, increases confidence.
Carrie ´s last blog ..Best Project (#best09 blog challenge)

By: Linda Farley

Linda Farley — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:24:56 +0000

You always make me think! I love being in the “excellent” phase – then I get a new inspiration, try it, fumble, get frustrated, realize I’m having fun and (sometimes) get excellent at something totally new. Great adventure, this life.

By: Dayne | TheHappySelf.com

Dayne | TheHappySelf.com — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:58:06 +0000

This was a great post. I really think, even if we are great at something like drawing, writing, or blogging…we must step away and find balance with other things in life. Too much of a good thing, I believe, can be bad. The reason? It becomes mundane. We must take time away or a “break” as you say and maybe mix in other things.

Thank you again!
Dayne

By: Deb Owen

Deb Owen — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:33 +0000

Trying to ‘maintain’ equates with resting on one’s laurels. And that just never works. Eventually, excellence maintained becomes stale — and therefore, no longer excellent.

Taking on the role of the beginner is one reason literally learning something new can have positive effects on other areas of our lives. For one thing, we have to get back to humility and being okay not knowing what we’re doing and being fairly certain we’re not doing it right. (And yes, I’ve just begun learning how to swim.)

All the best!
deb

By: Mildly Creative: Take A Break From Being Excellent | Productive Flourishing

Mildly Creative: Take A Break From Being Excellent | Productive Flourishing — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:06:30 +0000

[...] wrote a post about excellence over at Mildly Creative that really struck a chord with [...]

By: Barbara Martin (@Reptitude)

Barbara Martin (@Reptitude) — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:38:26 +0000

Ummm this is so totally true for me too. I struggle with doing things badly, I *hate* that!! It’s so embarrassing. Almost painful in my body. But it’s why I have studied improv acting and why I am now taking a beginning drawing class: practice being bad at something and (kind of) feeling ok about it! And too, over time we get better and discover we can pick up skill if we allow ourselves to begin where we are and then take small steps forward. Kind of like blogging. (Or anything new. You gotta start with baby steps.) LOL

By: Heather Plett

Heather Plett — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:04:30 +0000

Another great post. Bravo!

By: Katheryn

Katheryn — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:56:57 +0000

Yikes…Thank you. I really appreciate that today. It’s hard to go back to baby steps when you’ve been dancing through life with complete abandon..pLus I really like being considered an untamed force…Now that is a prom dress that fits!