High achievers often want everything perfect first time. John Maxwell calls it the ‘perfection gap’. This reduces our willingness to take risks and often gives way to procrastination.  

Why do I seek perfection?

For me perfection is a self-imposed expectation that feeds an insatiable desire for validation. ‘Unless I hit perfection, then it's not good enough!’ This is usually linked to my own perception of self worth. I tie my self-worth to the result. 

I believe in excellence as a value which is giving my very best, but this is different from perfection.

Don't let perfection ruin your future...

The future dream we carry insists we embrace experimentation if we are to make our highest and best contribution!

If we impose perfection as the standard on everything that we do, then we reduce the space for creativity. Creativity encourages a healthy relationship with failure but failure is the enemy of the perfectionist!

In my latest High Performance Disciple podcast I unpack why we ne...