There are hundreds of phrases around the pursuit of perfection. Mark Cuban says “ Perfection is the enemy of success”.  There’s one that says “Perfection is the enemy of good”, another that goes “perfection is overrated”, and my personal favorite “perfection is the enemy of done”. Though I like it, I would challenge this and go further and say “Perfection is the enemy of even starting”. [Give me credit if this is your first time hearing that]. I am guilty of this and I know others are as well. We allow the self invoked idea of perfection to stifle us which leads to never writing those books, never launching those new products, never starting that blog, or never giving birth to those life altering ideas.

Believe me, I fall victim to it but I am a firm believer that when you allow the enemy of perfection to take control you will never reach your full potential. And I am not dismissive to it being risky, scary even - but with risk comes reward. With risk comes invaluable lessons that will reshape your thinking, which will consequently reshape your life.

In this episode I speak to my personal battles with perfection and the mental gymnastics I go through between these episode. These conversations are to drive further conversation but also let you know that I am also in the trenches. This isn’t from a place of retrospect where I can now wear the “been there, done that” t-shirt. It’s quite the opposite. But I share my own dealings because I know others will benefit and that is what truly matters.

I leave with this powerful quote from Les Brown:

“The graveyard is the richest place on earth, because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled, the books that were never written, the songs that were never sung, the inventions that were never shared, the cures that were never discovered, all because someone was too afraid to take that first step, keep with the problem, or determined to carry out their dream.”

Imagine how many dreams were deferred because of the hunt for perfection.

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