You’re likely to foster loyalty, be trusted, be forgiven for occasional mistakes, and earn more money, especially if you develop a reputation for delivering insanely good and consistent results.

We all build our personal brand every day through our character, attitudes and actions.

The following are a few ways to build massive reputational capital:

1. When someone asks you a question, make sure they get an answer bigger than they ever expected.

2. When someone gives you a project, see to it that they get a plan bolder, and more detailed than they hoped for.

3. When you take on a project, finish it under budget and before the deadline.

4. When a customer has a concern, go the extra mile as a policy and blow their mind by your responsiveness.

If you want to be the one that people seek out, than follow these strategies to ensure that you stand out!

What To Do Now? Comment and share your ideas on standing out from the competition.

You can't excuse yourself out of a pickle that you behaved yourself into.

Mark Twain once wrote that, ?There are a thousand excuses for every failure but never a good reason.? Knuckleheads have developed an unequaled gift for making excuses and thus murdering their own potential.

If you experiment with excuses, lies and exaggerations, it is probably because you find the truth inadequate.

The tragedy of the average knucklehead is that they have become dependent on the deception, false belief, and unfortunately ease of use associated with making excuses.

I know of no enemy more insidious or vicious than excuses. It?s an enemy that poses a clear and present danger to your future.

Excuses are to a knucklehead, what spin is to a politician ? a clever yet lame way to pass away bad news or some undesirable reality. The truth is, no one is buying and we all know you?re full of beans.

You can?t excuse yourself out of a pickle that you behaved yourself into. Don?t lie or BS people with some sorry excuse for why you didn?t deliver the intended results. Trust me, they see right through it, which makes you look like an even bigger knucklehead.

Excuses are personality defects; the dirty ring around the collar of your performance, which carry the distinct whiff of mediocrity.

Few things make a knucklehead more uncomfortable than being confronted with the reality of their own sorry excuses. The excuse of using excuses is a behaviorally transmitted disease that inhibits the inherent potential of anyone that comes in contact with them.

So why do knuckleheads become such easy prey for an excuse when bringing home the bacon was what was expected of them?

Why do they continue to rely on such lame rational, which undermines their potential and destroys their reputation?

Why do they continue to dine on this junk food of behavior?

Why? Because they?re knuckleheads! That?s why!

Knuckleheads flip the bird to their own potential when they offer up an excuse, and it’s a bloody shame as far too many people demonstrate this reckless behavior pattern.

The tipping point of success resides on the other side of excuses ? responsibility!

A cluttered desk piled with scribbled notes screams knucklehead.

The perceived cost associated with getting organized is a favorite excuse of most people.

This goes back to the premise that being disorganized must be someone or something else?s fault ? that there must be a barrier to entry that keeps you in this state.

There is a tremendous opportunity cost associated with remaining disorganized as every misplaced message or task left unaccomplished has a cost.

Sometimes the cost can be diminished reputation, loss of opportunity, and even financial pain.  A lot of unfortunate, negative perceptions are created by the appearance of disorganization.

By not taking control of this issue, you become known as someone who doesn?t return phone calls, someone who is consistently late to meetings, and someone whom you can’t trust.

These perceptions, actually these realities will in fact tarnish your business and personal relationships.

The cleanliness of your space speaks volumes to your co-workers and clients. A cluttered desk piled with scribbled notes screams knucklehead.

How can a client entrust you with his or her business if you can?t be trusted to handle the items currently on your desk?

And how can your boss, or co-worker rely on you if you have proven yourself unreliable in other, seemingly innocuous situations?

The answer is simple: They can?t!

Attention to every detail is mission critical.

Paul Dalton has…

• handled more super cars than any A-list celebrity or athlete.
• developed a reputation for being the best in the world at what he does.
• raving clients that express deep devotion and loyalty to his services.
• the audacity to charge up to $5000 to wash, wax and detail a car.
• such exceptionally high standards and proudly refers to himself as a perfectionist.

Paul Dalton has been haled as “the best car wash in the world” by Autocar magazine, but an average invoice of $550 gives you a clue that this is more than your average shampoo and polish.

His company Miracle Detail, specializes in ‘detailing’ high-end cars, from vintage classics to super cars such as the Bugatti Veyron, and can cost anything up to a wallet-busting $5000.

To say that Paul is passionate about detailing and paintwork correction would be an understatement.

His commitment to his craft, pursuit of perfection, and exceptional attention to detail rival’s the precision a heart surgeon and has led to his reputation as being the best in the world.

So what can you learn from Paul Dalton and his perfectionism?

1. If you truly want to develop a reputation as being the “best” in your chosen profession, than accept that the pursuit of perfection is mandatory.

2. If you pick the right target audience and deliver fanatical, over the top service, you will be be able to claim premium prices and long-term client loyalty.

3. Embrace your perfectionism, promote it, and use it as a powerful and sustainable competitive weapon.

So what do you do if your performance is not currently superior to everyone and everything else around you?

Easy. Decide to deliver fanatical results, and deliver them – starting right NOW!

There will NEVER be a day nor a job that does not provide the opportunity for a sensational performance.

If you own a business or work for one, you must be able to engineer your performance so that is PROFOUNDLY superior thus separating you from everyone in the marketplace.

Paul Dalton did, and so can you. That is if you want to succeed badly enough!

WHAT TO DO NOW? Share your two cents worth on the benefits of being a perfectionist.