Every single one of us is endowed by nature with the ability to achieve excellence or outstanding accomplishment in at least one specific area. Every single person is put on the earth for a unique purpose. Nobody is created at random, every one of us has something valuable and special to contribute to the human race. Every one of us can be excellent, can be outstanding in at least one area and one of our major responsibilities as an adult is to find our area of excellence and to channel our energies and abilities into becoming excellent in that area.

Every single successful man and woman who has ever made a contribution to the world in any area has found their area of excellence. Then they have channeled their time and talent and ability and energy into becoming outstanding in at least that one area.

You can tell where your potential area of excellence is by looking at what interests you, by looking at what attracts your attention, by looking at the sort of things that you would do if you were not being paid for them at all, by looking at the sort of things you would do if you had no limitations whatever on your abilities.

You are a special, unique person and you have a meaningful contribution to make to the world. Every person is born with a purpose. There is a reason why you are here – you have a role to play that no one else could fill. The special contribution you came to make is your life’s work.      # 8730