Perfection is no standard at all.
"Perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control." That's mine, and related to people who have a standard so high it paralyzes them.
"Perfection is no standard at all."--Brendon Burchard. The notion here is that because nothing can ever be flawlessly performed, if you guaranteeing that you AT THE LEAST will never be happy with what you do, or that happiness will soon be squashed by dem ol' "nattering nabobs of negativity"--your internal voices.
According to one theory, masters don't aim at perfection. They aim at 80-90% accuracy, then start working on a higher level of skill until they have THAT one at 80-90%. If they go back and test the prior skill, they find that it is at 95%. I love insights like that: very testable.
Or, one could consider "perfect" to be a verb rather than an adjective, and as long as you are progressing at 1% per week you can just amble along, enjoying life, and confident that your ambling path is taking you exactly where you want to go. In fact, if you are careful to enjoy the journey, this might be the only GUARANTEED path to success, as there is no worthwhile definition that doesn't include joy and satisfaction in your days.
Guaranteed success…just look carefully at your definition of "perfection" and align it with reality, and bingo.
Another thing you can do is simply come to the FIREDANCE meeting this Saturday. If you are willing to take responsibility for BREATHING in a specific way at specific times of day, we can leverage that single promise to yourself into a new life. And if you can work your way to 10-20 minutes of "Firedance" movement, visualization, incantation and emotional flooding…I believe you can get to 2% improvement per week without strain. The experiment is easy to conduct, and if you are willing to tell your ego to shut the @#$$ up and let you thrive…join us!
Steven Barnes is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Firedance
Time: SATURDAY Sep 2, 2023 12:00 PM NOON Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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