Waiting for the perfect conclusion to anything, always seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel. The carrot you strive to achieve. I've learned though, that "perfection is the enemy of good." That quote could be attributed to many, but according to Wikipedia, it is an aphorism or proverb which is commonly attributed to Voltaire whose moral poem, La Bégueule, starts| “ | (In his writings, a wise Italian says that the best is the enemy of the good) | ” |
Further, "the moral is that perfectionism is contrary to a satisfactory competence. Aristotle, Confucius and other classical philosophers propounded the principle of the golden mean which counsels against extremism in general. The Pareto principle or 80-20 rule explains this numerically. For example, it commonly takes 20% of the full time to complete 80% of a task while the last 20% takes 80% of the effort. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible and so, as increasing effort results in diminishing returns, further activity becomes increasingly inefficient."
A few things here..... 1) My dad talks about what he calls the 80% Rule all the time. By his determination, if you have 80% of a task done, it's time to start moving on. 2) Perfection is rarely attainable, so why do we force ourselves to get there?The picture that you see here is from my new office in the building development I've been working on for five years. It is finally (almost) to fruition. It's taken forever. And there are about 30 things that should be fixed, or changed if I wanted perfection. But I don't have time (or money) to waste with that now. Now, I'm going to throw perfection away, and get my rear end in that new office with the big windows and the door I can close to leave people out of my way. That is is my brand of perfection.
A few things here..... 1) My dad talks about what he calls the 80% Rule all the time. By his determination, if you have 80% of a task done, it's time to start moving on. 2) Perfection is rarely attainable, so why do we force ourselves to get there?The picture that you see here is from my new office in the building development I've been working on for five years. It is finally (almost) to fruition. It's taken forever. And there are about 30 things that should be fixed, or changed if I wanted perfection. But I don't have time (or money) to waste with that now. Now, I'm going to throw perfection away, and get my rear end in that new office with the big windows and the door I can close to leave people out of my way. That is is my brand of perfection.
