“Rejecting Mediocrity, Perfection, and Procrastination”
One of my pet peeves is when people practice or present work of mediocrity. It could be something you’ve bought, something you’ve watched or attended, something you’ve eaten, even a book. Whatever it is, that something is not very good, it’s below average, inadequate, inferior, even sloppy.
Is that something you’ve experienced?
Then there are the perfectionists and procrastinators who typically set unrealistically high expectations for themselves and others. They tend to procrastinate a project out of their fear of failure. It’s hard for them to celebrate their successes, even littles ones … on the alert for a flaw.
Mediocrity. Perfection. Procrastination. All have something in common: they are doors to hide behind.
Years ago, I embraced the attitude of good enough … anything in the mediocrity, junky column was not acceptable. But I also did not have to hit perfect perfection …when something had hit the “good enough” mark, I gave myself permission to go with it, so I could move forward.
What I did was establish a standard that was acceptable to me. When I met it, I could let the tweaking go.
Dr. Judith Briles started writing notes to her classmates in first grade … and got into “disruptive trouble” from her teachers. She’s now the author of 48 books and counting, still being a disrupter. Her books have won over 57 book awards and been Amazon bestsellers. You can follow her professional side at www.TheBookShepherd.com where she works with writers to become published authors. Listen in to her weekly podcast: AuthorU: Your Guide to Book Publishing at https://bit.ly/AuthorUPodcast
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