Perfection leads to dissatisfaction

Expecting and comparing your work with an idealized standard that doesn’t exist leads to a feeling of dissatisfaction. Perfection inhibits your ability to progress and manage life and work. It slows down your process when you are facing challenges. It can make you feel anxious, guilty and inferior. Spending too much time on tasks and avoiding tasks because you can’t do them perfectly, causes underachievement and affects work-life balance. Perfection leads to paralysis. How has fear of not doing something perfectly kept you stuck?

Are you always trying to reach a standard that you imagine others expect? From whom did you get this idea of perfection – parents, teachers, spouse, bosses or social beliefs? Are these ideas helpful or detrimental to your work performance? Is this standard essential to achieving the outcome you desire?

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Values Elicitation Exercise

Goals give you direction and your values determine how you want travel on the journey of life to  reach your goals. If you value beauty  – you will take the scenic route in life. If you value adventure – you may choose a 4WD and take the road less traveled  If you value efficiency – you may journey by plane working with your laptop while you travel.  Everybody has their own values and values can change. It is helpful to ascertain your values every three months.

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Smart Goals

smart goalsYou don’t go on a road trip without setting a destination, why go through life aimlessly. Goals give you direction, a sense of purpose, they expand your confidence and improve your time management. We are constantly setting goals all the time –“ I will be late for work. I’ll never amount to anything.” So why not set goals deliberately.

The SMART goals acronym makes setting goals simple and effective.

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