Excellence is a habit

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

I've been chewing on this quote for about a week now and have decided to use it as an overall mantra for the year to go along with our families focus on creativity in 2014. 

Hopefully this takes us one step closer to our lifelong goals of creating as much as we consume, and giving away as much as we live on. A 50/50 lifestyle. A few books that have inspired this way of thinking (if you're interested) are:

1. 7 by Jen Hatmaker
2. Radical by David Platt
3. Roaring Lambs by Bob Briner
4. An arrow pointing to heaven by James Bryan Smith (about Rich Mullins life)
5. No Compromise by Melody Green (about Keith Green)
6. Crazy Love - Francis Chan

I want to get in the habit, day after day of pursuing excellence and producing excellence. I may miss my mark more than I hit it, but I'm looking forward to looking back (that seems oxymoronic doesn't it?) on the year and seeing how many times I hit what I'm aiming at. At least I'm aiming at something...most years I've aimed at nothing specific and hit it every time. 

Here goes!

Josh