⏱️ The Best Minute: Why you SHOULDN’T aim for perfection
💡 1 IDEA FROM ME
Completion > perfection.
One of the biggest hang-ups on getting started is perfection; we don’t know the best course of action.
We don’t know the best method
We don’t know the best product to use
We don’t know the best goal to set
In other words, in our fear of making a sub-par (not perfect) choice, we don’t get started. And you’ll never complete anything you don’t start.
At the same time, one of the biggest hang-ups in completing something you have already started is also perfection.
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You’re lagging behind in your training program, so if you run that marathon you won’t hit your goal time
You’ve lost 30 pounds, but your goal was 45 and now you’re stuck
In these scenarios, the pull is simply to give up because things aren’t as perfect as you like. It would be better not to publish the article, or not to compete, than to do so and things not go as well as you hoped.
But is that really the better option?
Life isn’t perfect, and if perfection is our goal, we’ll never pursue anything worthwhile.
In the words of James Clear, “The imperfect project you actually complete is worth more than the perfect project you never finish.”
Completion > perfection. And it will be every time.
💬 2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS
I. Seth Godin on how to kill innovation:
“Anyone who says failure is not an option has also ruled out innovation.”
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II. An anonymous quote with a lot of wisdom:
“Life is short, but life is also long. You have to live with your choices.”
💯 1 THING I RECOMMEND
This is the book light I use almost every night to read in my room before bed. It provides a good quality of light, and I’m three months into using it and have not even had to recharge it yet. I would definitely buy it again.
🤯 1 INTERESTING FACT
Wild turkeys sleep in trees.
Turkeys spend most of their time on the ground, but when it’s time to sleep, they fly up into trees. This is because turkeys can’t see well at night, and to protect themselves from predators, they roost at dusk and fly down at dawn. But this isn’t true for the turkey you may have eaten for Thanksgiving, as domesticated turkeys weigh too much to get themselves off the ground.
Source: World Animal
🤔 1 QUESTION TO LEAVE YOU WITH
How much overlap is there between what you say is important to you and how you spent your time over the last month?
