One important thing that I have come to learn about is to ignore perfection. I think there is a tendency for most of us to just wait until everything is alright before we do something. Or that tendency to always strive to make something perfect.
I learn this especially in the past few weeks while putting the final touches on my book.
I have learned that sometimes you can never make things a 100% perfect. Perfection is a crutch that doesn’t help us. The need for perfection is a neurotic behaviour.
If you have one of these tendencies, you have to realize them. Among the self-talk of a perfectionist behaviour include:
- How can I further improve this thing? (It is alright to improve. But if you constantly ask yourself, it is a neurotic behaviour.)
- The time is not right. (Actually, the time will never be right.)
I think realizing this tendency is important because I have learned to just do and don’t aim for perfection. I will work towards improving myself when I take the first step.
Excellent work is created out of first steps and the constant improvement of it. That involves improving ourselves by learning or changing our paths.
Take the first step. To hell with perfection.
