Excellence vs Perfection

Webster defines excellence as"that which is superior of high quality, that exhibits first - class quality ". Perfection is
defined as "the state of being perfect without fault or defect" and that which states that anything less than perfect is unacceptable. Well, many say they are perfectionists and only want perfect results.They say that "practice makes perfect!" Yet in reality, "practice makes improvement " I do not strive for perfection but rather for excellence. I strive for constant and never - ending improvement and to constantly better my best! My goal is to be better today than I was yesterday and to better than I was today.

Hank Aaron had twice as many strike-outs as he had home runs, but he still hit more homers than anyone else! He was not perfect but he was excellent. I say that you should strive for excellence and not perfection because excellence allows you to constantly better your best.  A.L. Williams said it best when he said "All you can do is all you can do,and all you can do is enough. Just make sure that all you can do is absolutely all that you can do!" Martin Luther King jr. Put it so wonderfully when he said "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michael Angelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause and say. Here lived a great sweeper who did his job well. " Strive for excellence not perfection and always try to better your best.