Good Enough

A client said something in our final session that stopped me:

“I don’t need to be perfect in a lot of these things. Good is enough.”

Our professional culture teaches us that more is always better. More preparation. More polish. More hours. And perfectionism disguises itself as a high standard when really it’s just fear wearing a nicer outfit.

The extra effort between eighty percent and ninety-five percent? Nobody notices. But people do notice when you’re exhausted, when you miss the strategic work, when your composure slips because you spent all your energy on the wrong things.

Perfectionism doesn’t protect you. It redirects your effort from where it’s needed to where it’s comfortable.

What would eighty percent look like on the thing you’re overpolishing right now?