We strive for perfection. The key word here is "strive" because perfection is rarely attainable. Sure, in black and white instances like the SAT tests people achieve perfect scores. Those are tests of knowledge and comprehension. The answers are either right, or wrong. It's not a test of your ability to succeed in college or in life.
What makes a day "perfect", or a meal, or an event? The answers vary from one person and situation to the next. Variables come into play. In both business and life, because of the variables, there are very few occasions when perfect is possible. Perfect is the result of maximizing all those variables. But, it could always be better. Perfect becomes a moving target.
Therein lies the frustration. It's especially true of your own performance. The better you become, the better you can become. You know that. We lived that experience as kids and we relived it in jobs through performance evaluations - you are measured not against an absolute standard but against your ability to improve your own performance. When is "good enough" actually good enough? The key is optimizing the variables, not maximizing them.
Think of it as squeezing Jell-O. When you push one side too hard it squirts out the other side. Trying to squeeze too much time out of an operation will probably cause quality issues to balloon. Pushing on quality will probably force cost and time to expand. The same principle applies to decision-making. Waiting for the "perfect" opportunity will probably result in pushing aside the good opportunities. Successful people play the odds - they're constantly embracing the good opportunities and succeeding more often than not. The more they succeed, the better they get.
Chasing perfect is exhausting! Find a way to live in Success. Optimizing your actions and opportunities will get you to your goals and reduce your frustration.
Dave Ferguson is a coach and the owner of Lake County Business Coaching, Inc., a coaching firm dedicated to helping people in business become extraordinary, to realize their dreams by achieving their goals. More information is available at http://www.LakeCountyBusinessCoaching.com
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