How often are you left stuck in your tracks - just when you felt that you were about to hit some creative breakthrough?
Whether it's a new product or service offering; a new book to write or class to host; or even an entirely new business altogether.
Your rush of adrenaline and excitement as you envision the possibilities suddenly gets washed away - you are now gripped with fear...
What if no-one likes the new product or service? What if it makes our business or me look silly? What if it fails? Maybe there are people who know more than me that should be doing this? I'm not expert enough to do this? Who do I think I am? I should just stick doing what I've been doing?On and on, the (negative) inner chatter continues...
Yet in this age of unprecedented change and 'noise', there will never be THE finished article. Nothing will be perfect. You just need to get stuff out there and test the market. As Seth Godin would say:
Just ship it!We live in a world of 'beta'. We are constantly testing and tweaking. Rinse and repeat. We must try to avoid striving for perfection (from the outset).
Perfection is a killer to creativity and imagination - and yet, from this, tomorrow's visionary ideas will be born.
So let's get our stuff out there. Let's be creative. Let's try stuff. If it doesn't work - we can just try something else. Let's not settle. Let's laugh at perfection. And let's celebrate those who 'ship' their creative work, regardless.
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : https://businessn2k.com/perfection-is-the-killer/