Building a Business
How Perfectionism Holds Entrepreneurs Back — and ‘Good Enough’ Propels Them Forward
When you replace perfectionism with iteration, you move from planning to real execution.
Perfection
Thought Leaders
Is This Common Habit Holding You Back? Here’s How to Tell — and What to Do About It.
Entrepreneurs often fail to move forward because they're stifled by perfectionism.
Building a Business
Focusing on Your Perfect Business Plan Actually Holds You Back
When you are starting a business, progress is of the utmost importance.
By Scott Miker
Entrepreneurs
Does Making Simple Decisions Feel Overwhelming? Here’s How to Regain Control.
Entrepreneurs often feel like they have to do it all, but saying yes to everything does more harm than good.
Thought Leaders
Are Your High Standards Actually Embarrassingly Low?
Refusing to show weakness isn't necessarily a sign of strength.
Building a Business
5 Valuable Lessons I Learned Growing My Company from $0 to a $700 Million Valuation
How to set your business up for success as painlessly as possible.
Buying a Franchise
Perfection Not Required
While businesses must constantly evolve, the pursuit of perfection is the enemy of progress.
By Mark Siebert
Entrepreneurs
Mental Illness: The Silent Destroyer
Entrepreneurship demands so much, it can be easy to lose ourselves as we chase success.
Thought Leaders
Finish the Year Strong to Carry Momentum Into 2019
Survey your accomplishments now, and reassess your goals, to conclude this year in kinetic alignment with where you want to go next.
Thought Leaders
Why You Can’t Be a Perfectionist and Be an Entrepreneur
When combining the traits and expectations of a perfectionist with the stresses and processes of being an entrepreneur, it's not a good mix.
Thought Leaders
‘Good Enough’ Is Fine for Getting Started but It’s Not a Worthy Goal
Entrepreneurs can afford neither perfectionism nor complacency.
Entrepreneurs
These 2 Questions Will Help You Recognize When ‘Good Enough’ Really Is
Confident people strive for excellence. Insecure people fixate on perfection.
Thought Leaders
Wonder Women Focus on Progress, Not Perfection
Leading disruption is a never-ending and iterative journey. You can't move forward if you keep waiting for perfection.
Thought Leaders
Entrepreneurs, Here’s How to Permanently Kick Your Perfectionism to the Curb
For far too many struggling entrepreneurs, the pursuit of perfection is what ultimately does them in.
By Lucas Miller
Business News
You Don’t Need to Be Perfect
As John Steinbeck once said, 'And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.'
By Lewis Howes
Building a Business
4 Limiting Beliefs Sabotaging Your Business Growth
Be careful who you compare yourself to.
Entrepreneurs
11 Mistakes Standing Between You and Your First Million
Change the way you think about money and success, and you're halfway there.
By John Rampton
Thought Leaders
6 Bad Habits You Must Break to Succeed
You can't outwork unhealthy patterns. The best way to ditch a bad habit is to embrace a good one in its place.
Thought Leaders
Not Much Grows Under the Cloud of Perfectionism
How one team discovered a better way to strive for perfection by letting go of their fear of failure.
Building a Business
Perfection Is the Greatest Obstacle to Productivity
To quote LinkedIn founder Reed Hoffman, 'if you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you've launched too late.'
Thought Leaders
How Perfectionism Is Sabotaging Your Business
Author and researcher Jane Bluestein explains the problems with chasing perfection, and how to avoid them.
By Ann C. Logue
Building a Business
Why Good Enough Isn’t Nearly Enough
Don't strive for done, strive for perfect -- because when we strive for perfect, we usually will land upon excellence.
Entrepreneurs
How I Overcame Perfectionism: The Fastest Path to Nowhere
Consider Dr. King's words: 'Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.'
Building a Business
Google Wants Its Self-Driving Cars to Operate More Like People
The company says its current prototypes are 'a little more cautious than they need to be.'
Thought Leaders
Why Every Entrepreneur Needs to Embrace ‘Good Enough’
It's hard to be a perfectionist when you are an entrepreneur. Frankly, it's also often counterproductive.
By Carol Roth
Building a Business
Working on a Good Idea Beats Dreaming About a Perfect Idea
Many entrepreneurs give up when they realize their great idea is flawed. Accept it and get to work improving it.
Building a Business
How Perfection Can Ruin Your Business
Very often, perfection is the enemy of success. Don't let it be.
By Lisa Evans