{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F3b9152bd-2605-4cdf-981e-528b5558e9bd","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Excellence Is A Habit\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/3b9152bd-2605-4cdf-981e-528b5558e9bd\"></iframe>","title":"Excellence Is A Habit","description":"\u201cWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.\u201d <br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u2015Aristotle<br />\r\nIn one of my favorite quotes, Annie Dillard said: \u201cHow we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt\u2019s obvious but undeniably true.\u00a0 It\u2019s easy to think of life as this abstract idea but it\u2019s really just a ton of individual days stacked up on top of each other.\u00a0 And the success we have in any area - financial, health, relationships - all come from what we do in each individual day.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNobody has the same background but we all have the same 24 hours in each day.\u00a0 How are you spending yours?\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nNo, seriously.\u00a0 Let\u2019s take an audit.\u00a0 You\u2019re pissed that you\u2019re not making enough money, but are you really working for it?\u00a0 You\u2019re staring at that stubborn belly fat, but are you doing the sit-ups required?\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThere\u2019s a time for positivity and a time to keep it real.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBecause the only way we\u2019ll achieve excellence is if it becomes a habit, something that we do each and every day.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAre your habits defined by laziness and excuses or are they building excellence?\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTalk is cheap.\u00a0 We are what we repeatedly do.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here\u00a0.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}