Do you seek perfection anymore or are you satisfied with 'good enough?'

I've realized that perfection only exists if you ended up with nail holes in your hands.... Everything else needs to be helped to get closer. Having been a customer service, sales, and training professional, I find that I am extremely critical of poor customer service and do my best to continue their training. Sometimes to the point that I end up telling them how much they impress me, because although you lose 4 out of your 5 senses when your heads up your butt, I am impressed they could pick up a phone. Then I ask for a supervisor........
 
I'm satisfied with good enough.

"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without." - Attributed to Confucius

During my working years I saw many groups of people go into analysis paralysis as they attempted to do a perfect job, often times they worked very hard and accomplished nothing.
 

hauntedtexan said:
I've realized that perfection only exists if you ended up with nail holes in your hands.... Everything else needs to be helped to get closer. Having been a customer service, sales, and training professional, I find that I am extremely critical of poor customer service and do my best to continue their training. Sometimes to the point that I end up telling them how much they impress me, because although you lose 4 out of your 5 senses when your heads up your butt, I am impressed they could pick up a phone. Then I ask for a supervisor........
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great analogy! ;)

If I were a perfectionists I do believe I'd have been put in a straight jacket a long time ago.

"Good enough" is good enough.
 
Depends on what it is. If it's something you do over and over again, then good enough is good enough.

If it's a one time project, I'm afraid I start out with a tendency toward perfection, but realize soon I can't ever get there. Then I go for something more like... Good enough that at least I won't be embarrassed when it's finished. ;) Sometimes I don't get there either, but rarely for lack of trying. I don't think that has ever changed.
 
Good enough is not in my vocabulary. I am a perfectionist through and through. My hubby is a "good enough" kind of person which drives me crazy. My Son is a perfectionist also and the quality he puts into his high end cabinetry business has paid off in repeat customers. When he does a job for me at home I know it will be well done. The downside is that I have worn myself out trying to get things perfect. Having folks over for dinner calls for major housecleaning even though I know they could care less. I probably have some ocd going on as it runs in the family.
 
I'm pretty much a perfectionist... I always have been.... Now, however, I'd trying hard to loosen up and let things be simply "good enough".... It's difficult for me.. and something that I need to work on.
 
USUALLY, If it's good enough to do the job as planned, I go no further.

Perfection is difficult to obtain, but if it needs it, I'll keep on trying until I realize its not worth it.
 
I always compared everything about me to other people. I had the mindset that everyone was better than me . I finally think I'm okay ..........not great , but satisfied with myself.
 
I believe good enough is fine with me. Raising my children I wanted to be a Perfect Mother. It seems I did a good job because my children turned out very well and are both good parents to their children. I really don't think its possible to be perfect. We are just normal human beings.
 
I'm an ex-aircraft engineer.

If it isn't exactly right people might die.

Having practised it for 40 years it's difficult to give up!
 

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