Excellence vs Showmanship

A German once visited a temple under
construction where he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby.



Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you
need two statues of the same idol?"
"No," said the sculptor
without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."

The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage.
"Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.

"Where are you going to install the idol?"

The sculptor replied that it would be
installed on a pillar twenty feet high.

"If the idol is that far who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?"
the gentleman asked.

The sculptor stopped work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, 
"I will know it."

The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not.



"Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside. Excellence is not for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and efficiency.

Don't Climb a mountain with an intention that the world should see you, climb the mountain with the intention to See the World.

* This article has been published with intention of motivating people. I have not written the article and not claiming to do so.

Source : Quora