As humans, we are endowed with a plethora of creative abilities to invoke invaluable ideas, create visions and dreams; and ultimately, we are the highest force of creation in the whole universe. These endowments on us from the Creator of life sets us apart for high performance results and achievements which often culminates in celebration of success. Every human being has the capacity to dream, set goals, and execute actions to bring their dreams into reality. This is what creates inventions for new technologies, ideologies and businesses. But despite this huge endowment on us by the creator of the universe, many people take their creative intelligence, their ideas and dreams to the graveyards because of their desire to have them created in absolute perfection.
Perfection is the state of flawlessness; a condition of 100% accuracy without the need for further improvement. In reality, does not exist. It does more harm to the growth and progress of a person than it sounds as blessing. The objective of any good vision, set goals or dreams is to create what was not in existence, or improve what already existed. It is of absolute necessity therefore that the ideas and dreams we have are responded to with urgent inspiration to execute actions to bring them to live. Otherwise, we stand the chance of losing them to abandonment.
The purpose of this article is to help you understand the negative impact of exhibiting the inordinate habit of waiting for the “perfect time” before taking action to execute your dreams. Perfection is the cancer that destroys goals, dreams and aspirations. It leads to failure, poverty and regret and should not be allowed to influence your decisions if you want to make progress in life.
The Reality of Life
If you want to become successful (which I believe you want), do not wait for “the perfect time;” there is no time as that. The more you wait for perfection, the more you stand the chance of losing enthusiasm for the action to bring your vision to live. Dreams and goals need your enthusiasm to come alive, and perfectionism kills enthusiasm. Anytime you set a goal or have a dream to achieve something new, you will stand a better chance of success if you take a “baby step” to start it. My usual recommendation is to begin small.
There is no time you would build and grow your business or career to the extent that it would become perfect. No! If there was a state of perfection in business or career, Microsoft, Apple, General Motors, and other multi-national corporations and individuals would have attained it. Perfection leads to procrastination and the key for overcoming procrastination is to begin with the smallest part of the major action to fulfill your goal. Do not be afraid of making mistakes. Many people are stuck in perfection because they are afraid of making mistakes; but it is impossible to start and grow your business or career without making and learning from mistakes. So, don’t let the fear of mistakes stop.
But you need to be proactive to succeed. For example, if you want to change your career, start a new business, or become a transformational leader; the best time to start is now. Research what you want, and obtained useful information on it. Read good books in that area of your interest. Surround yourself with the people who are succeeding in those areas. If you are seeking a new job; make applications to your prospective employers, and prepare for job interviews well in advance. Be proactive, research your industry and acquaint yourself with current trends and developments within that industry. And finally, “deep your feet in the water.” Don’t take things for granted; you must prepare in your mind that the worse things will probably go wrong at the worse time, and it would probably cost you the “worse” amount of money to fix it. This is far from being negative because by doing this, you don’t set false expectations of building a life, career, or business full of roses.
Take Action Now
If you want to achieve your goals and dreams faster, I highly recommend you to Work With a Transformational Coach who would help clarify your vision, set compelling massive action plan (map), and inspire you to execute actions and achieve them. Whether your dream is to Start a New Business or Grow Your Business; or you want to Change Career, your Transformational Coach will support you with the accountability that you need to succeed. At Cognition Global Concepts, we help businesses and leaders grow.
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