Comments on: Breaking the perfection habit

By: Write More, Publish Often « Five Paragraphs

Write More, Publish Often « Five Paragraphs — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:19:58 +0000

[...] hate to Leave time to Revise because doing so means I wasn't perfect, like I'd like to be in the first place. My daily fantasy is that the words I put on the [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 01:19:37 +0000

It's way too much work to constantly have to gauge how lousy a job I'd want to pass off with my name on it. Much easier just to do as best as I can. Besides, as best as I can is barely good enough anyway.

If the price of success is that I have to be incompetent, I guess I'm not willing to pay that price.

By: bird houses for sale

bird houses for sale — Wed, 04 May 2011 02:58:37 +0000

this is one of the best reads I've had n a while, i will be sure to recommend this to a couple of people, great job

By: Assech Omega

Assech Omega — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:09:43 +0000

Energy Psychology

this is one of the best!!

By: Sunday, 19th December 2010 « Daisy May

Sunday, 19th December 2010 « Daisy May — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:16:00 +0000

[...] first and was just having a cup of tea when I came across two articles that I'd like to share here and here. I am a perfectionist and I am forever starting things and not finishing, or re-starting [...]

By: Pautas esenciales para tu lista de tareas

Pautas esenciales para tu lista de tareas — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:42:48 +0000

[...] algo salga perfecto. Si que lo puedes conseguir de vez en cuando, pero a diario es más bien "perfect is the enemy of done" (lo perfecto es el enemigo de lo acabado), ya que siempre encontrarás otra cosa a mejorar, [...]

By: Pursue excellence, not perfection

Pursue excellence, not perfection — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:47:26 +0000

[...] love what Penelope Trunk has to say on the subject: Here are the reasons I can't stand [...]

By: Living By Numbers: Self-tracking remains arcane task of yore at the popular podcast in austin, texas

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:32:06 +0000

[...] system remains, even though it has been temporarily abandoned. Ms. Trunk goes on to explain that perfection is the enemy of self-discipline, and the key to getting back on track can be to take small [...]

By: Irina I

Irina I — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:38:29 +0000

A good friend of mine from college did pretty much nothing his freshman year and then slowly ramped up to get a job at a top bank in New York out of college. Granted, he was really smart but he also did "just the minimum to get by." For him, that minimum increased year after year in college, but he still did just enough to get by. He's doing pretty well so far.

By: Up to Speed » Blog Archive » 200 Imperfect Blog Posts in 365 Days: A Plan to Reclaim My Creative Super Powers

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:49:34 +0000

[...] it with a little help from my friends. I read some Havi posts, and some Pam Slim. I also tried Penelope Trunk for the first time. I appreciated Penelope's ruminations on her name change, her advice [...]