Motivational Monday…Perfection

Good morning Kathy,

Perfection is so hard to attain as we are humans and are going to always make mistakes, which we learn and grow from. Love the quotes today!

Kathy, While striving for perfection can drive us to improve, it's often the imperfections that make us unique and authentic!

Always is good to strive to get better, great information. Thanks for sharing it.

Have a super fantastic week!

Bill Salvatore, Realtor- Arizona Elite Properties

Hi Kathy,
As I age, I find myself deciding I don't want to spend the time getting good at something because I have other things I want to do with my time. Like painting. I've often thought I'd like to learn to paint. I even took a painting class. I decided I'm not willing to spend the time to get good at it, so I just admire the work of others.

My son is a bit like this. He has a tough time trying anything that he is not good at right away. It is a perfectionist ideal.

Hi Kathy,

I agree 100% with you.  Baby steps are always necessary

Good Morning Kathy Streib I would love to have known Vince Lombardi.  He has been gone for almost 54 years and yet so many of his quotes are still perfect for today!  Thank you for sharing.  Stay cool in TX! I have always liked this quote of his:

“The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.”

I have one son who always watched his brothers playing xbox, as he did not want to play till he knew what was around every corner and what to expect and to be great. I tend to dive straight in, seeking improvement as I go. Adjusting the sails, altering course and sometimes adjusting the goals as I move along.

Hello Kathy and Gibbs was so good in the show and thanks for sharing this video with us.  Be patience and take your time and make a pack to do something special

Good afternoon Kathy. I believe the following was credited to Zig Ziglar: "you don't have to be perfect to start. But you have to start to bee perfect." ! That said, many wait until it is indeed too late. Enjoy your day.

Good afternoon Kathy. Practice, patience and perseverance are hard to commit to which is why so few do. Zig Ziglar once said: "you con't have to be perfect to start but you need to start to be perfect."! Enjoy your day.

My business partner is learning Excel as we speak. No joke. She is at her desk now talking with someone, and I can sense her frustration. I'm going to share your post with her. 

Kathy, sure miss Gibbs and his dry humor!   I wanted to be a Olympic gymnist growing up, but even though I spent many hours TRYING to perfect my skills, I just didn't have what it took, and finally realized it.

Hi Kathy - Happy Monday. I've never had the need to be 'perfect' right out of the gate. I learned at a very young age that it takes practice to master a new sport, class etc.  And that's the part I loved (still do) making things happen and seeing it all come together. There is a certain energy and enthusiasm to that whole practice and that's what I enjoy.  For many years I taught leadership courses and there was always that 'one group' that 'had' that need to be perfect.  Helping  them through that to see other ways of arriving at their goal was a lot of fun.  Most got 'it.  Some just never could and they at times were afraid to even get started and/or they'd get started but quit before the good juice flowed.

OMG I left a big long comment here and poof it got lost! Start over.......it's all good!  So the gist of what I said was, I never had the need to be perfect at anything whether it was a new sport or subject etc.  I enjoyed the 'process' of learning something new - it gave an exhilarating glow and energy to what I was trying to accomplish.  Same goes for me today! I enjoy discovering new things and making things happen! 

Well looky lou.... the other comment I wrote is back!  Now that's funny! 

I need to meditate on that "Perfection is Stagnation" quote.  I do know, that when I study Spanish on DuoLingo, I tend to stay in one section longer, until I get it perfect. DuoLingo often tells me, it's not about perfection, it's about progress.

Kathy if I waited to play golf until I taught I would be perfect at it, I would have quit right after the first time I swung a club .........  LOL

Kathy Streib  I have never been a perfectionist or tried to be one.... so I can resonate with Winston Churchill as well as with Vince Lombardy who I had the pleasure of meeting when I was in High School... now Diane is more of a perfectionist and I will just leave it at that, Endre

Had I waited until I felt fully able I never would have started my home staging business. Fake it until you make it was my motto!