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Stop perfectionism from hurting productivity

Stop perfectionism from hurting productivity

From the course: Productivity Tips: Finding Your Productive Mindset

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Stop perfectionism from hurting productivity

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- Perfectionism, the desire to get things just right can be a valuable asset. It can help people strive to do better and improve the work that they do every day. However, it can be an obstacle to productivity if we allow our pursuit of perfectionism to get in the way of the result. It can cause us to delay our work, and it can cause the people around us to be frustrated and also get delayed if we are over focused on perfectionism. I believe the solution lies in separating the process from the result. The process is the way in which we do things. It is the tools that we use to get a particular result. For instance, if I'm trying to make a sale through a company, the process would include my sales presentation, and any printed collateral that I give to them. It's unreasonable to expect a process to be perfect. Whether it's through our failure and human nature or just random chance, things can break down in a process.…

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