Strive for Progress, not Perfection
Why should we strive for progress and not perfection? Because choosing progress means getting started . . .then proceeding, and many of us have trouble doing just that.
One of the biggest problems we face when setting out to achieve our
goals is the ability to get started, and
one of the main reasons for this is that we want to get everything right straight away, we want immediate satisfaction, we are aiming for perfection from the get go.
The reason that this
poses a problem is that we are worried our plans may not go exactly according
to the way we have envisioned. So
we hold back, we fuss over the little things, we constantly readjust, rearrange
or redesign and we search
for ways to improve the ideas,
without ever really
getting started and giving it a go.
In the end very little ever
gets done. So striving for for perfection
can
ultimately lead to procrastination . . and
procrastination is one of the biggest killers of success ._
When we strive to make progress we are motivated
to take on challenges we would otherwise find intimidating, it helps us to break down our goals and we start
to move ahead step by step. Even if we make mistakes and have failures along the
way, at
least that is a sign of progress, a sign that we are moving forward and at the very least we have
something to learn from.
I recently heard it said
that getting started sloppily is way better than not getting
started perfectly. And i couldn't agree
with them any more. Too often we
let perfectionism stand in the way of progress.
So as soon as we can learn to let go and
accept
that everything we do will not be without fault, then
we can truly allow our creative side to shine.
Ordinary things done consistently produce extraordinary results. ~ (Keith Cunningham).
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