Progress and not Pefection

Focus on Progress and not Perfection...

It took my years to learn this powerful rule. I have the tendency to focus on getting things just exactly the way I want them and get all caught up on details....all the while forgetting to focus on the big picture progress. This is a mistake.

For example, I will play around with my speeches for hours while ignoring the bigger picture progress of making an event successful. In my events, there is more than just the speech. I need to remember that and focus on the event as a whole and not just one aspect. I also tend to think about how far I have to go to become the presenter I want to be; rather than the progress I have already made as a speaker. Another mistake.

We need to focus on steady improvements and moving the ball forward each day and pay less attention to how far we have to go. By daily focus on progress, we will get those big perfect perfections. But daily focus on perfections will not get us any daily progress. (say that 3 times..)

A lesson I am still learning...but getting much better. See my focus on the progress!