ABSTRACT
On the surface, to include mundancy and excellence in the same sentence is a contradiction in terms. A popular dictionary tells us that mundane means commonplace, everyday, ordinary, and routine, whereas excellence indicates superior merit, rare achievement, and outstanding quality. Yet, it seems appropriate to describe a protective agent in these exact terms simultaneously. For a professional protection agent to reach and maintain the level of quality required of her position and expected by her protectee, she must practice “mundancy of excellence.” To a professional, there is only one standard and that is “gold.” She cannot think in terms other than excellence. Professionalism begins with the ne points of excellence. According to William Frankena, “Whatever is good will also probably involve ‘some kind or degree of excellence.’”1 Therefore, excellence to a professional is ordinary, commonplace, and routine, or in other words, mundane.
