At some point in our lives, regardless of our age, gender, race, title or ability, we all must rise up and strive to capture the vision of success. This is not an easy task to undertake -- the path to success is fraught with challenges to our body, mind and spirit. If we truly long for personal and organizational achievement, we must first pave that path with the principles and processes of excellence. In this book, the seeds of achievement are planted each and every day so as to provide you with the knowledge and the courage needed to blaze a trail to your dreams and your goals. What this book does is to clearly establish "The 5 Pillars of Excellence" - the foundation by which the pursuit of individual and organizational achievement has as its genesis. Excellence is not an ideal, it is a process of which our physical and mental abilities must be capable of understanding and utilizing. In other words, it is the means to an end, not an end to the means. Any person, family, team organization, etc., that aspires to achieve a standard of excellence, requires the knowledge and aptitude of "The 5 Pillars of Excellence". What this book does is take each one of "The 5 Pillars of Excellence" and systematically arranges them from January 1 through December 31. On each date is a corresponding thought to that component of excellence. After five days, it comes full circle again, and the educational process of "The 5 Pillars" repeats itself, with new insights on each topic. Therefore, over the course of the year, the reader will receive 73 educational and inspirational writings for each of the five components.