The Problem With Perfection

We all strive to be perfect. But, there’s a problem with perfection.

Interestingly enough, most of us know that it’s an unrealistic ideal to live up to.

The truth is, if we’re constantly waiting for a strategy or plan to be “perfect” before we launch it, we’ll be waiting forever. And, far too many sales leaders fall victim to this very way of doing things. They ponder, adjust, tweak, fix, and often redo their plans of attack before ever throwing them out into the word.

I get it, when there’s a lot riding on a strategy to be successful, there’s a tendency to ensure everything is “perfect” before implementation.

The truth is, a strategy is only as good as its execution and there are certain elements that can only be learned by doing.

The amount of time you think you’re saving by having every nook and cranny figured out could be saved by launching the plan and course correcting as needed. Generally speaking, many of these “strategies” that need to be “perfect” before implementation take months or years or are thrown to the wayside before they ever see the light of day. So, the only result that they truly create, is wasted time and precious hours being poured into something that never even saw the light of day.

When you implement, before you’re ready, you have skin in the game.

You, in essence, are “forced” to figure out the best steps forward even if it’s on the fly, but the important distinction is that you’re actually moving forward.

I’m not telling you to implement every single thought that occurs to you without any preparation. Sure, prepare, do your research, and do your due diligence in order to create the best strategy possible before you apply it. But, if that begins turning into a quest for perfection, understand that you’re likely doing nothing more than wasting your own time and actually creating an even greater time span before you achieve your result.