You're Imperfect? Excellent!
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So you call yourself a perfectionist? If so, beware — you’re going to fail.
However, while you’ll never achieve perfection, you can achieve excellence — even with your flaws.
When a person excels at something, we overlook their weaknesses. Watch Shaq and you’ll see a totally imperfect basketball player. Shaq can’t shoot a free throw to save his life. However, his strengths more than make up for this deficiency. He’s unstoppable underneath the basket and his scoring is always in the stratosphere. Even with his imperfection, he’s considered one of the greatest players in the game. Look at other great people and you will find all sorts of flaws. They succeed in spite of them.
You may not have the looks and abilities you’d like. Still, you have other qualities and talents that will enable you to achieve greatness. Your imperfections are like the holes in Swiss cheese. We enjoy the cheese and don’t worry about the holes.
So forget about perfection and instead focus on developing your strengths. Doing this will more than make up for your flaws and launch you towards success.
For tips on how to set yourself up for success, check out the Jump Start Leadership Workbooks or The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
To read more motivation, check the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.
Scott Greenberg, Speaker, Author, Leadership Consultant
Providing motivation, team building and leadership training for groups and individuals looking for optimum performance.
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