Progress Over Perfection: A Guide to Mindful Productivity (12) (Live Well)

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All goals take time, and fitness goals are no exception. Day to day fluctuations can be mentally challenging, especially if you focus on perfection instead of progress. Learn to let go of trying to be perfect. Instead, take one step at a time, be patient, and trust the process. Remember - you are making progress even when you don’t see it.

Progress not perfection… you can’t be perfect everything… but you can gain progress on a daily basis.” Court McGeeSometimes the solution to the biggest problems is right under our noses; we just have to know how to recognize them! STRATEGY #6: Change your mindset Finally, prioritizing consistency over perfection can help leaders avoid the negative consequences of perfectionism. Perfectionism can lead to unrealistic expectations, micromanagement, and burnout. When leaders prioritize consistency, they focus on delivering reliable and predictable results, rather than obsessing over small details or trying to achieve an unattainable ideal. But what does it actually mean to focus on progress not perfection? And how can you start putting this concept into practice?

Yikes. That’s a red flag if I’ve ever seen one. But it’s not uncommon for people to consider the idea of “perfectionism” as a good thing. You’ll hear the word used to describe good students, master pianists, or successful CEOs. Not long ago, I came across a job ad that was looking to hire someone who was an “absolute perfectionist.” It’s hard to keep working on “the project” or learning something that at first seems difficult when you do not see immediate results, so when you’re in the process of creating something or improving yourself, it’s easy to get discouraged and feel like giving up. Sometimes we do not start because the plan can seem too overwhelming. But your plan does not have to be one with a big time commitment. Small changes to your food habits or workout routine count. Choosing whole foods over processed foods is better than not doing anything about your diet at all. Working out at home for 30 mins is better than not working out at all. And as you progress, make adjustments to your plan. Learn from your mistakes to help you along as you move forward. It is all part of the journey. As a professional, you will have deadlines to meet and reports to hand in.What should matter most is your ability to produce sustainable results within the given time over a perfect result after a specific time.

Besides, you’ll eventually run into, as Christopher Patnoe says, the accessibility paradox or as I like to call it Schrödinger’s a11y cat. (A11y is short for accessibility. There are 11 letters between A and Y.) So, what’s Schrödinger’s a11y cat? It means that something you do for accessibility could be an accessibility problem for someone else.