Excellence

Now it is time for a full multidimensional action [Jihād] that builds on all the nine virtues so that the journey is complete and your soul is ready to return to its Lord in the highest degree of excellence. Linguistically, Jihad means to make an effort. So, anytime you are making an effort to do something great for God’s cause, you are performing an act of Jihad and you are called a mujāhid.

Commit yourself to achieving, sustaining, and advancing excellence, and set high standards ‎but not too high to the point where your pursuit of excellence turns into a paralyzing ‎perfectionism. Perfection is pursued not with the intent that it can be attained but so that ‎excellence is continually advanced. Don’t worry if your work is not perfect because it can not ‎be.