Excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection
Excellence emerges from intimacy with imperfection
The only thing that makes people and organizations great is their willingness to be not great along the way. The desire to fail on the way to reaching a bigger goal is the untold secret of success.
Seth Godin • Tribes: We need you to lead us
“If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our own.”
—Richard Rohr
—Richard Rohr
Steve Schlafman • Tweet
perfectionism is more about perception—we want to be perceived as perfect.
Brené Brown • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
the essence of intentional imperfection is accepting your limitations: you cannot expect to simultaneously excel at every target you set for yourself. To put this in the language of Sesame Street, it’s the equivalent of the line, “You’ve got to put down the ducky if you want to play the saxophone.”
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World
it’s simply letting go of the absurd pressure to always do everything perfectly.