Perfectionist

Entrepreneurs

I Ditched This Toxic Mindset to Compete With Google — and It Worked

The majority of your daily tasks are not worth obsessing over. Prioritize where to focus your effort, and if you're doing something big, don't worry about getting it exactly right the first time.

By Aytekin Tank

Thought Leaders

Perfection Requires Time — And Time Kills All Deals. Stop Trying to Be Perfect.

By George Deeb

Thought Leaders

Is This Common Habit Holding You Back? Here’s How to Tell — and What to Do About It.

By Jason Hennessey

Thought Leaders

3 Ways Perfectionism Kills Your Business (and How To Overcome It)

By Celinne Da Costa

Thought Leaders

Perfectionist Leadership: What It Is and Why You Need It

Leaders can't thrive simply on charisma and an aspiring vision. They need to create cultures of attention, affirmation, quality and fairness.

By Ryan Lui

Thought Leaders

3 Ways Smart Entrepreneurs Sabotage Their Success

Get out of your head.

By Aytekin Tank

Tech

5 Business Lessons I Learned From My Dad the Roofer

Reputation will always matter and people will never want to pay for what they can't use, no matter how cool you think it is.

By Josh Melick

Building a Business

Don’t Wait to Launch Until Your Product Is Perfect

Lauren Evarts, creator of The Skinny Confidential, says she would have launched six months sooner.

By Business Rockstars

Entrepreneurs

5 Acts of Mental Discipline to Maintain the Positive Mindset Success Requires

Entrepreneurship will knock you off-kilter once in a while. You need a plan for dealing with it.

By Jolie Dawn

Thought Leaders

5 Critical Warning Signs That You’re Making Bad Decisions

Everyone's entrepreneurial journey is different, but the pitfalls are the same.

By Glenn Llopis

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.

By Patti Fletcher

Building a Business

Creative Destruction: Move Fast and Break Things

Speed is the key to entrepreneurial success. Here's why, when and how to press Go!

By Taylor Pearson

Building a Business

9 Signs Your Perfectionism Is Out Of Control

To defeat perfectionism, you have to learn to spot when it's holding you back.

By Travis Bradberry

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

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.'

By Katherine Keller

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.'

By Claire Groden

Thought Leaders

The First Step to Starting Anything Is Getting Over Your Perfectionism

It requires humility and courage to accept the challenge of learning to do something you've never done before.

By Dixie Gillaspie

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

How Perfection Can Ruin Your Business

Very often, perfection is the enemy of success. Don't let it be.

By Lisa Evans

Building a Business

5 Fundamentals Successful Entrepreneurs Build Into Their Strategy

Business is a minefield of what we can't anticipate or control. The key is building that into your plan and, more importantly, your backup plan.

By Kimanzi Constable

Entrepreneurs

5 Traits Making You a Great Entrepreneur But Maybe Not a Good Dinner Date

You must be single-minded when it comes to your business. It will overshadow everything else. Just watch out for one key area.

By Robert Tuchman