For all the entrepreneurs and type A personalities - quit trying to achieve perfection. Listen for some strategies to manage perfection when working toward goals.

Highlights

• It is ok to fall short of perfection.
• Insisting on perfection is bad but focusing on perfection is good.
• Focusing on perfection to learn to improve then it can be a positive.
• If we demand perfection before finishing the goal it can slow the process down and even prevent it from ever being achieved.
• Be sure to have a short-term deadline. A short-term deadline can help ensure that perfection does not get in the way.
• What are the minimum actions that we need to take to get the maximum result?
• Focus on solving the basic goal and then worry about taking another step toward perfection.
• Get comfortable with outcomes that are not perfect.
• Be specific about the purpose of the project. With clarity it’s easy to lose focus and work on non-critical processes.
• Break down the project into major components.
• Rank all components relative to how much impact each will have.
• Focus on the pieces of the project that will get you 80% of the way there.