Doing our best is something many of us have focused on for most of our working lives. Our language and culture are so often targeted towards achievement, success and getting things done, that striving for perfect is what many people go for. Isn’t that how you try to do things? Perfectly? It turns out, no. Science and physics have something to say about this. The Law of Diminishing Returns and the Pareto Effect (80/20 principle) state that at some point, our efforts don’t return on the value of the time (and sweat) we've put in. It becomes less productive to keep working on something, to continue tinkering and fiddling with it, trying to make it perfect.
Jacki chats to Lynne Cazaly author of ISH, Shelley Flett author of The Dynamic Leader, Michael Licenblat on Resilience and Bouncing Back, and awe inspiring Yu Dan Shi author or Come Alive - living a life with more meaning and joy.
