Perfection will SLOW your progress! - excuses vs reasons part 4

When we first started talking about reasons and excuses we never thought it would lead to a whole mini-series. The quote that started all of this from Eric Hoffer goes; "There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than achievement, for an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything, we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book and not painting a picture and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture.

Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of the most marked achievement."

Today we are getting into the part where he says; "Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book and not painting a picture and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture."

Time and again we see people not even start, not try, not even take the first steps towards their goal because they can't do it perfectly, or they can't stand the thought of failing. Learning something new, attempting something new, or working towards a goal just isn't like that. Before you paint the greatest picture first you must paint some pretty mediocre ones, maybe some terrible ones and also some good ones. Otherwise how will you develop the skills required to paint a great picture? Fitness and weight loss is like that too, as indeed any achievement.

What's more, in trying to be perfect, we are SLOWING our own progress in the most painful way. It's time to get busy folks! We must dive in, be prepared to make mistakes, to fail or simply just to do our best with what we have with scant regard for the outcome. For if we don't, we shall simply stay the same!


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