Assignment 19: Luke Taylor

People often tease me for being in high school band, I can see where they are coming from. We're easy to pick out with instrument cases or the huge flock of us in the yellow hallway in the morning. But one the best pieces of advice that I've ever received was delivered to me in band class. On the board every week the directors and student leaders put inspirational quotes on the board, one week an aphorism stood out to me. It was from Thomas J. Watson, a successful business man from the early 20th century, that read "If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work." This hit home with me because I am guilty of getting lazy and not putting all of my effort into what I am doing. This can be applied to anyone's life, if you are tired of getting sub-par results, stop giving sub-par effort.