The Nirvana Fallacy: When Perfectionism Leads to Unrealistic Solutions
As you're presumably aware, this is a terrible mindset for actually making lasting changes. What you need, instead, are tiny goals and a commitment to incremental progress (" small wins"), plus a willingness to encounter failure after failure as you stumble toward improvement. To put it another way: fresh- startism is a form of perfection
... See moreOliver Burkeman • There's No Such Thing as a Fresh Start
Perfection is an unnatural and damaging concept.
Ryder Carroll • The Bullet Journal Method: Track Your Past, Order Your Present, Plan Your Future
Let go of unnecessary detail and coordination. Is the project converging to a good enough outcome on a good enough timeline? Good enough! Perfection is impossibly expensive, especially when there's a big coordination headwind.
Alex Komoroske • Coordination Headwind - How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
Through talking to my supervisor, it became clear that my graveyard of projects was a product of self-handicapping . We avoid finishing projects because we can't stand the possibility that the finished product won't be as great or perfect as we envisioned it, which means we aren't as great as we think we are. Consider the violinist who intentionall... See more