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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 872 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
I’m sure you’ve heard the term “perfectionism”. They are called OCD, over Compulsive Disorder. Everything has to be perfect, everything has to be done exactly this way and not that way. The truth is, perfectionism is a good thing when you’re trying to prepare a paper. You want it be good, you want to be perfect.
Now, to be stuck by the fact that there are some issues with it, that will be something different.
Perfectionism is a person who doesn’t accept a mistake but it’s also a person who never gets started because they think that they cannot be perfect. A person who says, “I can’t finish this because it’s not perfect yet.” That’s not perfectionism, that’s procrastination. The person who procrastinates, never begins or ends a task, yet they call that “perfectionism”. They say they can’t finish because it needs so much more for it to be perfect, or they can’t start because they’re not ready because otherwise, it won’t be perfect. That’s just simple procrastination.
They just don’t want to get going and they don’t want to finish the task It’s as simple as that. Perfectionism is the ability to look at things and accept them for what they are, and know that this is the best that you can do.
For instance, a three-year-old takes a piece of paper and doodles on it, and they draw whatever it is and then tell their parent, “This is the sunset that we saw yesterday at the beach.” Now, how would the parents respond? “That is so beautiful,” “That is so perfect,” “Yes, I can see that.”
Now, why is that we accept this from a child especially knowing that this did not represent the sunset at all, not in any way, shape, or form, yet we accept it? Why? Because we realize that in the child’s mind, this was perfect. This is what it appeared in his mind; this is the way it looked and to him, that was perfect. That is what perfectionism should be also for the adults: that in your mind and in your actions, you tried your best, and if you made a mistake, it’s part of the learning, it’s part of the curve to grow, to enhance, to embellish, to change.
By changing that, we’ll make it better.
G-d, it says, Sees on the inside. We look on the inside and outside. Why not focus on what’s inside? If you try your best and you know you did your best, accept it. That’s perfectionism. Let the outside think what they want. Now, at the same time, you got to be reasonable and know that you’ve done the right thing, and don’t be stuck at all.
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