Teamwork and Color Models
Creating better attitudes and positive outcomes
Per·fec·tion
- The quality or state of being perfect: as a : freedom from fault or defect, flawlessness, maturity, the quality or state of being saintly
- An exemplification of supreme excellence, an unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence
- The act or process of perfecting
>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfectionProg·ress
- A royal journey marked by pomp and pageant, a state, a tour or circuit made by an officialprocession, an expedition, journey, or march through a region.
- A forward or onward movement as to an objective or to a goal, advance.
- Gradual betterment; especially : the progressive development of humankind.
>> http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/progress"The Feeler" Blue Personalities
Written by David A Sokolik | April 28, 2010
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The quest for perfection
The biggest concern that I have seen so far in both of these cases is the need for perfection. We all need to be good at what we do, this is important in business and in our everyday lives, but when excellence is carried to an extreme the need for perfection can often do more damage than good. Perfection can ruin relationships and make us hard to deal with in the workplace, especially when we expect everyone else to be perfect as well. In the end no one will be happy, including you, "I still could have been better..." is a common statement of the over achiever.
Webster Dictionary notes that perfectionism is "a disposition to regard anything short of perfection as unacceptable." The true danger of perfectionism is that we are not perfect beings and we will make mistakes. Part of growing as an individual is learning from errors in life, not obsessing what went wrong, which may actually cut our options and possible outcomes due to single mindedness.
Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP stated, "I developed my 80%-20% rule. Progress, not perfection, means that if you pay attention and work hard and keep your focus 80 percent of the time, you're doing superbly well. The other 20 percent of the time, you get to be human." Being human is important in gaining a great attitude on life and accepting that we have the right to fail once and awhile will make us happier people to be around too.
Shoot for progress not perfection, by Pamela Peeke, MD, MPH, FACP