You have an instinctive and unrelenting drive to take potential and continuously work on it, driving what you are working on to become better and better. In your mind there is no end.

Mediocrity irritates you and so you drive others to continuously hone their talent into something remarkable. In the process your standards for success are always evolving; there are always better ways of doing something and so you continuously seek to breathe new life into everything you do and everyone you meet.

You create excellence. You literally birth it like a sculptor, bringing a character to life out of a simple piece of wood or stone. You create the belief in people that they can be more, that they can experience more and that life must lived to the full. You influence others through your words and actions and you Never. Let Up.

To keep fiddling with stuff because it can always be better;

working on projects that have the potential to be excellent but need that extra push;

working with people who are driven to achieve excellence in all they do;

to always do great work, mediocrity is not for me;

building on my natural talents;

motivating others to be great at what they do.

Are positive, passionate and are keen to work with me to go above and beyond to build something excellent;

are driven to be the best they can be;

have a 'yes we can' attitude;

celebrate potential.

Focusing on developing what is not there;

accepting mediocrity of any form;

wanting to be average as a person;

resting on what I have already achieved.

I have to deal with people who do not want to commit to pursuing excellence;

when an environment wants to develop instead of optimise;

ask me to do something I know I am not strong at;

progress is too slow;

working with people who say that something is 'good enough'.

Being a forceful driver and a perfectionist.

Give me projects that need to be taken from good to great.

Give me leadership positions in which you need the talent of the team to be realised and optimised.

Understand that perfection takes time and that it does not happen the first time.

Don't ask me to do something I am not naturally good at.

Encourage me.

Do not give me stuff that is broken, I don't fix.

You see talents and strengths in others, sometimes before they do.

You love to help others become excited by the natural potential of their talents.

You have the capacity to see what people will do best and which jobs they will be good at. You can see how people’s talents match the tasks that must be completed.

Some people may see you as picky or perfectionistic because they don’t understand your exceptional commitment to excellence.

Direct your energy to push for excellence in all you do. Study successful people and see how they did it.

Seek roles in which you help others succeed. In coaching, managing, or teaching roles, your focus on strengths will prove beneficial to others.

Once you have understood your own strengths, stay focused on them. Refine your skills. Acquire new knowledge. Practice. Keep working toward mastery.

Devise ways to measure your performance and that of your colleagues. These metrics will help you spot strengths.

Develop a plan to use your strengths outside of work. In doing so, consider how your strengths relate to your personal mission and how they might benefit your family or the community.

Study success. Deliberately spend time with people who have discovered their strengths.

The more you understand how marshaling strengths leads to success, the more likely you will be to create success in your own life.

Because you set your own standards in order to lead others, you are always hardest on yourself. Your focus on progress is relentless, as finding the extra inch is always possible. Your challenge comes in appreciating how much time is needed to generate the excellence you seek. This is not something you can control - it can only be understood. Balance your expectations about progress with the laws of life.

Watch out for: Driving yourself with impossible expectations.

When is something finished?