For all the entrepreneurs and type A personalities - quit trying to achieve perfection. Listen for some strategies to manage perfection when working toward goals.
Highlights
- It is ok to fall short of perfection.
- Insisting on perfection is bad but focusing on perfection is good.
- Focusing on perfection to learn to improve then it can be a positive.
- If we demand perfection before finishing the goal it can slow the process down and even prevent it from ever being achieved.
- Be sure to have a short-term deadline. A short-term deadline can help ensure that perfection does not get in the way.
- What are the minimum actions that we need to take to get the maximum result?
- Focus on solving the basic goal and then worry about taking another step toward perfection.
- Get comfortable with outcomes that are not perfect.
- Be specific about the purpose of the project. With clarity it’s easy to lose focus and work on non-critical processes.
- Break down the project into major components.
- Rank all components relative to how much impact each will have.
- Focus on the pieces of the project that will get you 80% of the way there.
