Perfection versus excellence
Let us talk about excellence. Excellence is "the quality of being outstanding or extremely good". Not perfect. Just "extremely good".
Compared to perfection, which can only be achieved in the final outcome, excellence is something that we can choose to practice moment by moment.
The standard of excellence empowers us to keep giving our best. It is focused on effort rather than outcome. On the process rather than the outcome. We could give it our best and achieve an excellent result, even though it is far from perfect.
This is why I call myself a recovering perfectionist. Each time the 'perfection monster' whispers in my ear: "You did not do that perfectly" or "That could have been much better", I remind myself how perfect is the enemy of good. And how done is better than perfect.
It is the only way to move forward, really.
How about you? Are you ready to try practicing excellence rather than pursuing perfection?
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