“The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.”

Elbert Hubbard

It’s ok to make mistakes. In fact, it’s an important part of learning and growing.

A fear of mistakes could be holding us back from real progress.

Would you be better off shipping your work and moving forward rather than waiting for it to be perfect?

Just think about who would develop more over a year. The person who writes one average blog post most days. Or the person who produces only three outstanding ones. This thinking can be applied to anything besides writing, for example, design, public speaking, photography, YouTube videos, running, cycling, painting, or craftwork.

There is something to be gained from consistent output and real market feedback. This is more valuable than the voice in our head saying it’s not perfect. Once we show our work, it grows into its own thing and leads to new opportunities.

Is perfect even realistic?

The 80/20 rule says that about 20% of your effort produces 80% of the results. Maybe we could stop there on some tasks.

Sure, some jobs do require a certain level of professionalism. But do you really need to apply that standard across everything in your life?

Burnout is real.

Reflection

Is all that extra huffing and puffing worth it?