The problem is that perfectionism magnifies your mistakes and minimizes your progress.
“The most valuable land in the world is the graveyard. In the graveyard are buried all of the unwritten novels, never-launched businesses, unreconciled relationships, and all of the other things that people thought, ‘I’ll get around to that tomorrow.’ One day, however, their tomorrows ran”
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
― Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day
“If you want people to be able to pay attention, don’t start with details. Start with the key ideas and, in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions. Meaning before details.”
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
“The safest part of your journey is over. Now drive home safely. —ANONYMOUS PILOT”
― Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do
― Numbers Rule Your World: The Hidden Influence of Probabilities and Statistics on Everything You Do
“Regardless of who you are, the brain pays a great deal of attention to several questions: “Can I eat it? Will it eat me?” “Can I mate with it? Will it mate with me?” “Have I seen it before?”
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
“People usually forget 90 percent of what they learn in a class within 30 days. And the majority of this forgetting occurs within the first few hours after class.”
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
― Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
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