The Imperfectionist: Seventy Per Cent
The Imperfectionist: Seventy Per Cent
Section titled “The Imperfectionist: Seventy Per Cent”
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Section titled “Metadata”- Author: Oliver Burkeman
- Full Title: The Imperfectionist: Seventy Per Cent
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Section titled “Highlights”- So every time you release a creative work into the world, or make a commitment, or take an action, despite being no more than 70% satisfied with your output or confident in your abilities, you’re not only bringing something into concrete reality. You’re also expanding your ability to act in the presence of feelings of displeasure, worry and uncertainty, so that you can take more actions, and more ambitious actions, later on.
- Or to put it in tough-love terms: If you think you might have something to contribute, don’t you have some kind of duty to move forward at 70%, instead of depriving us of your contribution thanks to your finicky and frankly rather self-indulgent insistence on perfection?