Good habits, less good habits, and mighty fine habits.

If excellence is what we repeatedly do then is it the repetition or the perfection of what was repeated. Either way the suggestion is that it is a characteristic of a person or a reflection of what they have become. It must be that one becomes "excellent". It must be a step by step process. The problem with this definition is that it also implies that it is created rather than sought for. ..........................................On the other hand what about Selflessness. this is by definition: "The act of sacrificing ones own interest for the greater good". This too is a problem in that it implies that the greater good is not necessarily found without but is above self and what is good for the self must be given up for the greater good. Which is excellence. That which is reached for or that which is perfected.......................So this may not be the most important item to be thinking about but "o well" if your willing to give the time to read this then in that sense you must be selfless. A fine thing you have done. Selfless for sure. Reading all these words and then no real excellence achieved. If I were to recreate the message from Aristotle I would suggest that: What we repeatedly do is indeed what we are and if we are to become excellent it is as much about "motive" as it is about a specific act. See highest form of motive in the blog a few days back.