As a mentor, my heart aches for all the gifted people I meet and speak with so often. Their immense potential gleams in their eyes yet they are unaware of their own talents. They seem to have willingly set the bar low for themselves only because years ago they were made to accept a certain definition of success by people who had no right to define what success meant for them. They do not know what lies beyond their next promotion, their next salary raise, their next best employee award. Success; not excellence; is an unending pursuit for them. They have a nice car but they want a better one; they have a comfortable house, but they want a bigger one. They are heedless that their daily dose of caffeinated success suppresses their appetite for excellence. And just when the effect of caffeine wears out, they want another dose, leading them astray from the path of excellence again. Then there are those who think they’re after excellence, when in fact they misconceive excellence as do